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How to Write a Non-Fiction Book: 10 Crucial Steps

Have you ever thought about writing a non-fiction book? Maybe you’re worried that you need to be an “expert”, or […]

This post discusses the three types of compounds in English: compound nouns, compound modifiers, and compound verbs. Compound Nouns Compound […]

Not many writers lounge in an ivy-covered tower pouring out inspired words – that’s unrealistic. Many successful writers still keep […]

The soul of writing is specificity, yet all too often, we lean on general-purpose words instead of choosing the most […]

So you’d like your latest writing project to get moving faster. Great writers have felt the same. Don’t worry, it’s […]

Mental and its lexical relations, all pertaining to workings of the mind, as well as mind and words and phrases […]

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), considered the greatest writer in the English language, used more than 24,000 words in his writings, more […]

This post discusses the three primary functions of the apostrophe in the English language: the marking of the possessive case […]

A definition is a phrase or sentence (or more) that explains the meaning of a term, and a gloss is […]

This post lists and defines terms derived from two or more distinct sports that by extension serve as idioms in […]

Authors call the hidden part of a character’s life their “backstory.” When I was acting in plays, directors might ask […]

Let’s talk about something good. Here is a variety of words for good things, based on ancient words for “good”: […]