There comes a time in everyone’s life where you realize a new passion. For me, it was in my early twenties, working an office job, obsessing about what to eat every day for lunch. I realized I liked thinking about food so much that I wanted to learn more about it. I wanted to cook…
What To Do About OVERUSING CERTAIN WORDS
You learn quick what you can say and not say when you have a 6 and 2 year old running around your house. I learned early on that you can’t call your friend a bastard too many times before the 2 year old picks it up and calls your mother-in-law a bastard. I told my…
What To Do About HOW I WRITE
First, title your piece something mundane, something plain that the reader will not necessarily grab right away. Next, start writing in a “different than expected” manner. Doing this is the key to reclaiming their attention. They will be swept away by your ideas, your mastery of written diction: