If You Weren’t Sick Before
By Annette Rey
OMG! Are the Medicare television commercials driving you INSANE? Over and over, on every channel. I’ve heard them so many times, I could quote them…but I won’t!
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Tag Archives: Writing English
On the Verge of Chucking the Day Job
And It’s About Time
By Annette Rey
Like most writers, I am pressured and pushed and confined to small time periods for writing and getting to a lot of nowhere with it, because of the demands of personal life, exhaustion, and the ever present day job.
Well, I have about reached my max with those distractions. The choice to write full time is strictly individual and one only you, the writer, can decide. Seeing the steps I have taken to push me over that edge may help you get closer to that life choice for yourself.
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Is Something Wrong With That Title?
By Annette Rey
I suppose most people do not pay much attention to punctuating their sentences. It’s questionable whether they consider what constitutes a complete sentence. But writer’s must pay heed to these rules for effective communication with their reader.
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So I Looked in a Book
By Annette Rey
Where do you get inspiration when a day seems dry and auto-repeating? I looked in a book for a cue, Great Toasts, by Andrew Frothingham. I found this inspiring quote by Oscar Wilde,
“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
What writing ideas do you pull from that?
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Laconic
By Annette Rey
Recently I happened to look up the word laconic to see how the dictionary defined it. I have been familiar with this word all of my life as I was an avid reader as a child but was curious as to what the dictionary had to say about this word. Interestingly, that entry showed nuanced differences between it and other closely related words.
It is important to you as writers, and all of us as speakers of English, to use these words correctly to communicate effectively and, by proper usage, perpetuate these words to be good examples to our reading audiences.
Sites for Writers #16
An Audio Dictionary
By Annette Rey
Have you been taught to use words that are well-known to you? Do you look up definitions before you add an even slightly new word to your writing? These are must practices for writers. You don’t want to present work that shows you are not literate because you have incorrectly interpreted the meaning of a word.
Just as important as your written word is how you speak. The voice in your brain that you draw upon for your writing is the vocal voice you use in everyday speaking. So pronunciation is integral to both your oral voice and your mental voice.
Here’s a great site for setting your speech on the right path.
Add Substance to Your Writing
Just a Horse or a Clydesdale?
By Annette Rey
If you are like me, you find it difficult to deal with idle time. I can’t even tolerate commercials when I am half-watching a television program. My mind is always on the move and inquiring and trying to catch writing ideas in whatever I am seeing. So, I invented a vocabulary-increasing “game” that one can use anywhere – while sitting in a car waiting for someone, waiting anywhere, and during those boring television commercials.
Here it is.
Words of the Week 4/21/18
Historical Meaning
By Annette Rey
All of our creative writing comes from our experiences and education; and we should continue learning to enrich our lives. When we write a scene, sometimes even we don’t know where we are going to carry it. We pull from our subconscious minds and a flow of words comes through.
Here are a couple of interesting ones.
Word of the Week
Write a Profile of a Person You Know
Be Honest
By Annette Rey
When I write a profile of a person I know, I go into extreme detail. Following is an example of what I do.
Writer's Block No More 