Beyond the Rhetoric

When most people sit down to write something, they typically go through the same fundamental process. With a basic idea in mind, they start with the beginning, penning that first sentence and that first paragraph. Then, they continue with writing the middle, fleshing out that initial idea until they feel like they’ve made the point [...]

It’s one thing to ensure your writing has perfect grammar and spelling. It’s another skill altogether to ensure that your writing is compelling, captivating, and informative. That’s a much tougher task, because you need to capture your readers’ attention and retain that attention throughout what you want to say. In the past, I’ve discussed such [...]

In an edition of Grammar 101 earlier this month, friend of this blog Ray Ebersole requested that I write a post on the difference between sing, sang, and sung. They all have fundamentally the same meaning, but they aren’t exactly interchangeable. You need to know which word you want to use under what circumstances. Word [...]

For the longest time, I even had trouble determining whether it was correct to say “ever so often” or “every so often.” They both sound right when you say them and, as it turns out, they are both correct. However, they have nearly opposite meanings altogether. Weird, right? After a little bit of research, I [...]

While I am sure that people like Tom Clancy and Stephen King have the luxury of time when it comes to producing their novels, the rest of us generally are not so lucky. In order for a freelance writer to make a decent income, he or she must be reasonably proficient at writing good articles [...]