Writing and Creating Books
Cut the Passive Voice Via Zombies!
Do you want to know how to cut out the passive voice in your writing? Check out this advice from Rebecca Johnson via Twitter: Add by zombies after every verb. If the sentence makes sense, it’s passive. If it doesn’t make sense, it’s active. Check it out here: “She was eaten [by zombies.]” — passive […]
Joe Queenan on Books
As Joe Queenan noted in a recent Wall Street Journal essay (adapted from his book, One for the Books), My philosophy is simple: Certain things are perfect the way they are. The sky, the Pacific Ocean, procreation and the Goldberg Variations all fit this bill, and so do books. Books are sublimely visceral, emotionally evocative […]
Margaret Robertson: Games and Stories You Can Win
You can’t fail in a book. You can’t fail in a movie. But you can fail in a game. “Games offer a place where the world works the way your mom always told you the world was going to work. If you try hard, if you practice, and if you don’t give up you will […]
Punctuation: Do You Know Your Shit?
Punctuation: Know your shit or know you’re shit! And that’s why you always need a good editor and a good proofreader. An infographic created by graphic designer Stephen Wildish of http://www.stephenwildish.co.uk. Actually, this choice has nothing to do with punctuation. It has to do with word choices among homonyms. 6