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General Writing Guides

“Good writing” can be subjective, particularly in creative writing such as poetry. The stylistic choices of a writer can sometimes outweigh technical principles. These instances, though, are rare in the field of academics and often in a literary sense as well.

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Writing a Memoir

When it comes to memoirs, most people tend to think that it is a prerogative of celebrities, retired politicians, and other renowned people to write…

Choosing an Essay Topic

When having to write an essay, students often find themselves between a rock and a hard place, so to say. If their instructor gives them…

Balance of Commas

Commas are commonly used either too often or too little. It is a plague in a writer’s style when either of these instances happen. The…

10 Rules of Creative Writing

1. You can write anything in any style. 2. Continually experiment with your style and the forms you use. 3. Read a lot of creative…

Sentences Using Time Expressions

English expressions of time (those that indicate a specific time period during which certain events occur) generally follow the main rules of syntax, which you…

Relevant Sources

What is Relevance? The relevance of a bibliographic source is its connection with commonly acknowledged requirements, following which allows people to assess a source as…

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

What is It? The present perfect continuous tense shows how an action which started in the past is still going on. When to Use? Cases…

Prepositions in English

What is a Preposition? We can think of prepositions (on, at, in…) as small verbs that help describe something. But without a word following it…

Past Perfect Subjunctive Tense

What is It? Using had + past verb (past particle) to express actions or events that could of happened or someone had wished had happened.…

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

What is It? The past perfect continuous tense is had been + a verb in passive voice (past particle). When to Use? Cases Examples *Show…

Past Habitual Tense

What is It? It deals with the verbs used to or would, or the simple past tense of a verb (I saw, you called). When…

Past Intensive Tense

What is It? It lets readers know an event happened for sure by confirmation. When to Use? Case Examples * To make clear how a…

How to Avoid Inconsistencies

What is Inconsistent Writing? Imagine you have written three chapters of your novel, describing the main character as a nice person with pleasant manners and…

Frequently Misused Words

What is Incorrect Word Usage? Along with words that are usually misspelled (such as “there” and “their,” for example) there is also a group of…

Typo Mistakes

What is a Typo? Any skilled writer is familiar with such a typical but pesky flaw as typos. A typo is often an entirely mechanical…

Possessive Nouns

What is a Possessive? We can guarantee you that you cannot speak the English language without using possessives (or possessive determiners). Possessives are everywhere, and…

Syntax in English

What is Syntax? Syntax is a crucial part of English grammar. In general, syntax is a system of principles used to organize words in sentences.…

Parallel Sentence Structure

What is It? A pattern or list of words with each word having the same importance or having the same form. -ing Phrases Examples: David…

Present Simple Tense

What is It? The present simple tense is needed to show long-term and permanent actions. When to Use? Cases and Examples * To indicate actions…

Present Continuous Tense

What is It? The present continuous tense shows that an action or event is happening now and will be happening in the future as well.…

General Writing Guides Samples

Writing an Expository Essay

When it comes to memoirs, most people tend to think that it is a prerogative of celebrities, retired politicians, and other renowned people to write…

Advice on Writing

When it comes to memoirs, most people tend to think that it is a prerogative of celebrities, retired politicians, and other renowned people to write…

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