Money Changes Everything Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune Edited by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell We live in a tell-all culture. Sex, troubles with our kids, complaints about our spouses, and even our indiscretions are acceptable dinner table conversation-or at least […]
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation In Essays
Many different kinds of essays appeal to readers’ emotions. Tobais Wolff’s remembered event essay may be terrifying to some readers, David Nooman’s profile of brain surgery may be shocking, Donell Meadows’s position paper may anger fans of talk show host Rush Limbaugh whom she cartelizes as “funny and pompous and a scape-goater and hatemonger.” The […]
Prepping for the new SAT I
On March 12, 2005, high school juniors across the country were the first to take the new SAT I test, the standardized testing used in the college admission process. The test is 3 hours and 45 minutes, instead of just 3 hours, and contains a third writing section. So, the new test has three sections: […]
Everyday Use, Alice Malsenior Walker, and the Influence of Constance Nabwire of Uganda
Social worker and home economist Constance R. Nabwire is best known for her heavily illustrated books on African cooking and recipes and the cultural connections. “Nabwire” is a feminine name that is of southeastern Ugandan and southwestern Kenyan ethnic origin and is traditionally associated with one who was born at night. “Bwire” is the male […]
The Uniqueness of Indian Cinema – Part 1 of 4
“There is one more state in this country, and that is Hindi cinema. And Hindi cinema also has its own culture… quite different from Indian culture but it is not alien to us, we understand it.” Javed Akhtar in ‘Talking Films’ Indian filmmakers depart from their Hollywood counterparts in different ways. Whereas Hollywood filmmakers strive […]
Citing References In-Text: APA Style
Aside from the list of references at the end of a paper, the APA style also concerns citations within the actual text. APA stands for American Psychological Association, which provided a set of standards for writing down references in research papers, journals, and similar articles. An Introduction Written works that utilize the APA style have […]
Short Story Writing – Ten Beginnings to Avoid
In the same way that editors don’t want to see an ending they’ve seen before, equally, there are some story beginnings that have been done to death. Here are ten you shouldn’t use. “It was a dark and stormy night.” The “weather report” gambit. Not only is it a lazy way to start a story, […]
A Book Review: The Life of Arthur W. Pink
In writing essays from biographies, one may expand on at least three distinguishing characteristics of the individual or one may enumerate three areas in which the reviewer admires or does not admire the individual. For The Life of Arthur W. Pink by Ian Murray published by Banner of Truth, the reviewer has chosen to use […]
Write More, Write Faster – Plan Your Writing for Success
Want to write more and write faster too? Let’s discover the secrets of great writing habits, which completely eliminate procrastination and writer’s block. Great writing habits start when you realize that writing is a process. Although others’ writing (including articles and books) may seem effortless – as though a piece of writing has been written […]
Insight, Oversight, Foresight, and Hindsight for Writers
Looking for a different angle on your fiction or nonfiction? Consider the concepts of insight, oversight, foresight and hindsight for your fiction character’s point of view or as the angle for your nonfiction topic. They may prove to be the unique twist you’ve been looking for. Insight Insight is defined as the power to […]