Art or Elephant Ears?

Have you ever written a chapter, scene, or page of dialogue or description that you thought was truly excellent, then reviewed it the next day […]

Pore / Pour

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: PORE / POUR The […]

Me, Myself, and I

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: ME, MYSELF, AND I […]

A Little Goes a Long Way

Fiction writers pay great attention to making their characters seem like real people, and that includes the way they speak. It makes sense that a […]

May / Can

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: MAY / CAN Have […]

Lie / Lay

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: LIE / LAY We […]

Leave Classwork in the Classroom

Have you ever begun to read a work of fiction and almost immediately had the thought, Oh! This author has taken a class on creative […]

It’s / Its

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: IT’S / ITS It’s […]

Imply / Infer

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: IMPLY / INFER To […]

The Research Iceberg

Despite the literary license we fiction writers supposedly hold, readers expect a certain amount of realism and accuracy in stories that are based on the […]