S. Mitchell‭

Different collections of hymns have significantly different editorial policies. Many modern collections will, for example, change 'we are sons' to 'we are children' so that they conform to modern s...

posted 5y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

See editing as a different form of creation: from something not so good you create something brilliant. Frank Cottrell Boyce opened my eyes when he said that being used to writing films he was used...

posted 5y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

You would say 'Block D' when referring to a place.

posted 9y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I would accept the sentence you have written, usually. It depends on the context. Tenses in English are actually incredibly complex. (I have recently written a simple guide for distinguishing betw...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It depends on what you are trying to do. Present tense creates tension because the reader doesn't know what is going to happen -- is the narrator going to live after the bomb explosion, for example...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Even though I can touch type quickly, I have gone back to writing drafts by hand. It is not speed of writing that determines the speed I produce something: it is speed of thought. If I am thinking ...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The answer to this is very subjective. Some books lend themselves to being made into a series (whether that is three or more) and some don't. Consider books like 'Mortal Engines' -- everyone, just...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Advice about adverbs is complex. I will try to explain simply. Adverbs make writing more vibrant and interesting – sometimes. The 'sometimes' comes from the type of adverb. There are different ty...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Several years ago we invited a storyteller/author to visit the school to talk about writing and tell some stories. To prepare for his visit, I read a large section of one of his novels to the class...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The original books always used the second person 'you'. (I still have one on my book shelf.) Other variations may use the first person. There are many variations on the theme. For example, some re...

posted 7y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I would say it is definitely a new paragraph if only to indicate 'he' didn't say 'I thought ...'. I teach that you start a new paragraph when you change speaker, place, time or character. Here the...

posted 6y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

You can criticise me, but if I get a name like the one you have used (I can't easily see how you get to the pronunciation you give), I simplify or skip it. The consequence is that hard-to-say names...

posted 6y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

One is where you can connect to the millions of sites already created -- .com. The other -- .org -- is where you sign up to create your own site. The two are fundamentally different. If you want to...

posted 6y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

If you are using short exerts and acknowledging the source, you don't have to ask permission or pay royalties (pictures are different). A quotation from a poem or a novel at the beginning of a chap...

posted 5y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I would recommend going to Webtoons and looking at what is there. On the main site are the featured artists and studying what they do is worthwhile. There are also competitions and a place for begi...

posted 5y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭