A great vocabulary is just one essential tool in a writer’s toolbox, along with punctuation, grammar, and many others. Vocabulary can make your writing more powerful and more effective and help you say exactly what you mean. This indispensable
Errors can mar one’s writing and this can be more embarrassing if one allows such errors get out without noticing them. Errors could detract a great deal from one’s writing and put off the audience from the message being
In this post we showed you five reasons to write your own book. Now, let’s talk about the steps you must take to make this happen. 1. Create a plan Have you heard the popular saying that failing to plan is
The Literary Renaissance Foundation, a nonprofit organisation established in 2017 with the objective of reviving reading culture in Nigeria, is pleased to announce its Modern Shakespeare Project on April 23, 2019, in commemoration of the birthday of William Shakespeare.
People love long poems. There are great, epic, long poems in the world. That said, this remains true: Shorter poems seem to be more readily picked up by editors than longer poems. Also in poetry contests, tight line restrictions
One hundred and seventy-three entries have been submitted to the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited. The prize focuses on Children’s Literature in 2019. The number of entries this year show a 59 p[er cent increase
English is full of words, which sound the same or similar yet have different meaning and are easily confused. A computer spell checker will not highlight a word that is spelled correctly but used incorrectly. If you are uncertain
By Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Writing is a solitary and very personal process. Alone at our writing desks, we struggle with word count and plot, accompanied only by our self doubt and determination. It’s no wonder, then, that
Did you know that poems take root in the found objects and slammed doors of everyday life? You can write one. Really! Honor Moore leads the way. Let's say I'm sitting in that room with you now. Take out
by Vickie Gould I’m getting that deer-in-the-headlights look as a response again. When people tell me they want to write a book and they need help, I always ask, “What’s the purpose of your book?” All too often I get
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