New: tinyteachesAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-166405photographyhive-185836uncommonlabhive-183397hive-101145hive-150122hive-188619hive-144064bitcoinkrsuccesslifehive-145157hive-184714hive-109690hive-193637hive-103599hive-181136TrendingNewHotLikersjasminearch (55)in blog • 6 years agoMetaphor? What For?How do you recognise good writing? It’s clean, well thought out, and well edited. Now, great writing. That’s another story. Great writing lives and breathes. It grabs you by the neck and drags you…jasminearch (55)in blog • 6 years agoHello Mary Sue, Goodbye ReadersWe all know them. Or know of them. Those people whose parents can not only afford to give them anything and everything they could possibly ever need, they also provide them. Right? I bet a name just…jasminearch (55)in blog • 7 years agoDon’t be Dense. Use the Right Tense. Part 3In Part 1 of this article, we compared writing to painting. We discussed the basic tenses you’ll work with. Your primary colours, if you will. In Part 2, we mixed things up, creating a richer…jasminearch (55)in blog • 7 years agoDon’t be Dense. Use the Right Tense. Part 2In Part 1 of this article, we compared writing to painting. We discussed the basic tenses you’ll work with. Your primary colours, if you will. Let’s mix things up and create a palette of subtle…tinypaleokitchen (59)in blog • 7 years agoDon't be Dense. Use the Right Tense. Part 1Whatever it is you’re writing, whether it’s a memoir, a story, or a non-fiction piece, the tense in which you write is something you need to consider. Whether you’re reading a newspaper or a novel…tinypaleokitchen (59)in thewritersblock • 7 years agoWhy Does Tiny Teach?It’s 10am right now and I’m finally sitting down to some writing of my own. I’ve been critiquing for at least three hours and I have one, maybe two hours of writing time of my own before I need to…tinypaleokitchen (59)in tinyteaches • 7 years agoWalk a Mile in My Shoes: Limited POVLast week, you and I had a chat about different POVs in writing. Remember? if you didn’t, you catch up on that one over here . We discussed the main pros and cons of both limited and omniscient…tinypaleokitchen (59)in thewritersblock • 7 years agoAdverbs: Do You Honestly Need Them?Adverbs are an easy way of describing something. But like dialogue tags , they suffer from overuse. You could compare adverbs to nutmeg--best used in moderation. Extreme moderation.…tinypaleokitchen (59)in tinyteaches • 7 years agoThe Eye of the Beholder: Different POV's in WritingOK, people. Let’s make a deal. Next time I ask everyone what the next subject for a TinyTeaches post should be, please tell me to stop. “Oh, Tiny! I’d love for you to do a post on different…tinypaleokitchen (59)in tinyteaches • 7 years agoThat's What She Said: The Use of Dialogue TagsOne of the biggest challenges in writing fiction, in my opinion, is the interaction of our characters. How do we portray them? They need to come alive for the reader. They need to be believable.…tinypaleokitchen (59)in tinyteaches • 7 years agoComma Splices: Forget the Hot Glue Gun. Get the Scissors!There’s a little thing I’d like to discuss with all of you. We’ve all been guilty of it at some point. Maybe someone pointed it out to us afterwards. Maybe we discovered it ourselves. Who knows how…tinypaleokitchen (59)in thewritersblock • 7 years agoFinding Your Way in the Land of Babel: Writing in a Second LanguageAs a writer, we want nothing more than for our work to be seen, read, appreciated. Right? Right. A lot of us write in English, even if it is not our native language. When you’re like me and your…tinypaleokitchen (59)in thewritersblock • 7 years agoVisuals in WritingDo You See What I See? I’ve always had a very deep love for language, especially the written word, in all its forms. I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. I mostly loved the stories…
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