Story Lab: Writers Write

C.S. Lewis advice:
-be clear with what you mean, make sure that you aren't meaning something else in your sentence.
-use the direct word rather than a long, vague one.
-don't use abstract nouns, use concrete ones.. i.e. "more people died" instead of "mortality rose".
-don't use the adjectives we want people to feel but rather describe it in such a way that they will feel like that without us telling them to.
-don't use words to big for the subject or you'll not have anything else to talk about when needing that word i.e "infinitely" in place of "very".


Source: Rules for Writers by Amanda Patterson




All About Parts of Speech:
-parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection.
-noun: a naming word, identifies people, places, or things.
          common noun- identified with 'a', 'an', or 'the'.
          proper nouns- names given to people, places, days, months, ideologies, subjects or titles
          pronouns- substitutes for nouns.. i.e I, hers, myself, who
              4 types of pronouns: personal, possessive, relative and reflexive
          abstract nouns- something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured, such as a feeling or emotion
-adjectives: a word that describes a noun, 2 kinds
          attributive- stands next to a noun and describes it; usually in front of the noun
          predicative- when a verb separates it from the noun or pronoun it describes
-conjunctions: join words, sentences, phrases or clauses
    NEVER BEING A SENTENCE WITH A CONJUNCTION IN BUSINESS WRITING
-articles: give info about nouns; 'a' and 'the'
          indefinite article- 'a'
          definite article- 'the'
-pronouns: used in place of nouns referring to specific people or things
          subjective pronouns- personal pronouns: I, you, we, he , she, it.. act as the subject
          objective pronouns- personal pronouns: me, you, us, him, her, it, and them.. act as the object; being done to pronoun
           possessive pronouns: mine, yours, hers, his, ours and theirs
           reflexive pronouns- end in -self or selves
-adverbs: descriptive words used to qualify (mostly) verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
           9 type of adverbs: time, place, manner, degree, frequency, probability, duration, emphasis, interrogative
-prepositions: connect nouns and pronouns with other words in a sentence; usually give info about time, place, and direction
Source: All About Parts of Speech by Amanda Patterson

Parts of speech