8 Simple Rules for Curriculum Writers
… provided by Dr. Platypus. I’d add, “Have something to write.” And I’m less concerned about passives than most. (If you think the previous sentence is passive, you need to study some more.)
… provided by Dr. Platypus. I’d add, “Have something to write.” And I’m less concerned about passives than most. (If you think the previous sentence is passive, you need to study some more.)
This isn’t precisely what we do here, though some of this might apply to the Areopagus series, but Neal at Literal-Minded has a post summarizing some points from a panel on publishing a scholarly paper. It brought back memories of the time in graduate school when one of my professors said of one of my…
(A sequel to Writers: Consider Your Audience.) You might be thinking that I should have talked first about choosing an audience. You may be correct. On the other hand, I think it’s critical to understand that your audience makes a difference in what you write. Writing can be a lonely task. It’s just you and…
Now don’t, just don’t say anything to me about ending a sentence with a preposition. Prepositions are fine things to end a sentence with! I’m an editor, and I say so! (I also say not to use lots of exclamation marks, but we’ll ignore that for now.) So you’re writing a book. Ask yourself early….
One of our great joys at Energion Publications is the way interactions between our authors will generate exciting new ideas. It’s in the Toolbox resulted from one of those connections between people who might not have met—except through their books. Last March we published a small study guide It’s in the Bag by Kimberly Gordon…
This conversation occurred on Facebook Live, and is trimmed here just a bit. Bruce Epperly is a prolific writer, and has written three books on living during the pandemic.
Having occasionally received corrections of my grammar from people who either weren’t listening in school, or who wanted me to adopt rules from the 18th or 19th century, I really liked The very model of an amateur grammarian. (Yes, go right ahead and send me an email telling me the previous sentence is too long…