Writing Resources

Infographic: 15 Common Grammar Mistakes from Copyblogger

by Gabbi Hall Your vs. you’re. There, their and they’re. Then vs. than. We have all been known to make grammatical errors from time to time. “Making some grammatical errors just makes you look bad, and hurts your effectiveness,” wrote Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger. Copyblogger created this infographic to share 15 common…

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Author Advice: Breaking Through Writer’s Block

by Pamme Boutselis We know what it’s like—you’re on deadline and whether it’s for a school or professional assignment, you have a finite time in which to finish the piece. Yet every time you start to type, you draw a complete blank. The words start to come and seem to…

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Setting the Scene in Fiction Writing

by Amanda Marsico Essay-writing season is dwindling down and there are only a few more weeks of classes left which means I get to share another set of tips and insights from the 2013 James River Writers Conference. In the third session I attended, Kathryn Erskine, Elizabeth Huergo, and Dean King, led…

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