In Part 1 of this 3-part article, you learned how to get your novel started. Now, here are some tips and tricks for plotting and writing your novel. 1. When plotting your novel, start from the ending and work your way back to the beginning. Where do you want your main character to end up […]
IELTS Test Tips That Make the Speaking Section A Piece of Cake!
When it comes to passing the IELTS Test, it’s not the writing or the listening portion that gives the most trouble to test takers… …It’s the speaking portion! Think about it this way: the speaking section of the IELTS exam is the only time when you’re actually sitting face-to-face with an examiner. You can see […]
Poetry Writing: Tips and Inspiration
Are you looking for new ways to approach poetry writing? Ideas and inspiration can be found with just a little effort. First you need to choose an idea or theme for your poem. The subject of your poem can be a person, place, or thing, or it can be a more abstract topic or situation. […]
Dating in the 21st Century
Dating in the 21st century is much different than dating was in the previous century. There are many ways to meet people, but with our busy schedules, finding the time to meet your soul mate can be difficult. Dating has evolved over the past few decades to accommodate our fast-paced, high-energy, lifestyles. According to the […]
Renaissance Science and the Urgent Need to Readdress Social Economics
Final draft for 15 Renaissance science and the urgent need to readdress social economics During the 1930s The Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University, F M Cornford, the author of Principium Sapientiae: The Origins of Greek Philosophical Thought, was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. His book Before and After Socrates has […]
I Blame Ernest Hemingway
Every male writer with an ounce of testosterone owes a big debt to Papa. For example, without his example, how would James Jones, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, or John Milius have known to pose for their publicity photos wearing safari jackets? Why, I bet they’d have showed up in some kind of wussy Tom […]
Northanger Abbey – An Analysis of Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is widely considered to be a parody of the Gothic genre of novels. Throughout its narrative, Austen engages with several well-known Gothic novels of the late eighteenth century by authors such as Ann Radcliffe. Typical Gothic set-pieces form the backbone of several scenes in Austen’s narrative, as well as many famous […]
Evolution of Ancient Greek Hairstyles
Ancient Greek hairstyles changed as ancient Greece changed, reflecting the preoccupations and aspirations of its residents. Hairstyles signified something about the wearer’s age, taste and city of origin, but not much about his or her social class (except for slaves, whose hair was usually short). In their private lives, Athenians were, according to Demosthenes, “severe […]
How Does Fashion Influence the Lives of Students?
This is an era of fashion and fashion is very influential to our lives. In fact, it adds diversity to our lives by offering an aspect of enthusiasm to strive for something new and different, otherwise it would be a monotonous life if we were supposed to dress up and act in the same manner. […]
The Team Performance Curve
The Team Performance Curve traces the development of a team from the beginning stage of Working Group through the ultimate goal of becoming a High-Performance Team. Team effectiveness increases as you move anywhere along the curve, but the performance impact may decrease if the group becomes a Pseudo-team before making it to the Potential team […]