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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Formatting Worksheet (Technical Writing Exercise)

Monday, April 26, 2010

This Technical Writing Exercise calls for paragraph styles: Learn how to style paragraphs and headings in Word or Google Docs using our custom worksheet.

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The Week in Words (April 24)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Week in Words is a weekly roundup of my active projects, review of the site’s activity, and links to interesting writing articles that caught my attention.

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One Scribbly Snapshot (Creative Writing Exercise)

Friday, April 23, 2010

This Creative Writing Exercise calls you to christen a scribblebook: Fill a full page with gibberish, and free yourself from the need for perfect first drafts.

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Get a Scribblebook

Thursday, April 22, 2010

There are incredible benefits to writing a novel by hand, including easier and better first drafts, and a more powerful reader experience. Get a scribblebook.

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What I Learned about Writing this Week…from Cause & Effect

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The adventure is the effect; your readers want to know the cause. They will find that cause not within the events of the story, but within the characters themselves.

Why does Alice follow that rabbit in the first place? Why does Oliver have the gumption to ask for more? Why does Edmond keep scraping away at that wall…?

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