If you’ve been on the internet, you’ll realize the truth of the following statement. And to think that it was written in the 16th century! Looks the grammar police have been around since forever! I thought I’d share with you the most hilarious grammar memes on the internet. “The greater part of the world’s…
Rupi Kaur Writing Bravely
It is International Women’s Day! No, we won’t say a trite ‘Happy Women’s Day’. Instead let’s celebrate the fact that so many of us are using our writing to speak up for women. Rupi Kaur is one such woman – a woman who writes bravely! Rupi Kaur Perhaps you remember her as the girl who…
Author Interview – Francene Stanley
As a participant of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge, I met and networked with many bloggers, shared tips and gave feedbacks on each others’ posts. Such was the chance encounter with Francene Stanley who never failed to give honest feedback on my style of writing, her opinions on what I wrote. Francene Stanley found initial inspiration…
Stamp Out Self-Doubt
November is less than a week away and many of you must have made plans to take part in the NaNoWriMo. Surely there’s no worse time than now to be riddled with self-doubt. Sylvia Plath had it right when she said that ‘the worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt’. Today, we talking about small steps…
Clear And Simple Writing: Get Active
Get active. Yes. Another way to keep our writing clear and simple is to use Active Voice rather than the Passive Voice in your writing. Now comes your question: What are you talking about? Get Active What is Active Voice? A simple way to define active voice is to say – when the subject in a sentence…
Clear And Simple Writing: Use Fewer Words
Wordy phrases are the hallmark of Indian business writing. I guess, we inherited it from the British. We think that the more ‘formal’ the word used, the more important we sound! That’s not true. Fewer words make better writing. We often use two or three words where one word would do. This is what results in…