Small Steps to Big Dreams: Unusual Places to Find Writing Opportunities
You may be dreaming of being published in The New Yorker or National Geographic, but your writing résumé hasn’t grown since high school. One of the questions beginning writers ask is, “How can I get published when everywhere I check tells me to query with published clips?” There’s no easy answer. It’s not safe to assume that the editors […]
Writing for Your Audience: The Art of Creatively Arranging Language
If I were speaking at a Harley Davidson biker convention, do you think I would be using Victorian English? Probably not. I would be using the parlance that is common for that group. I would have to know the vernacular of that particular group. Perhaps there is a certain type of slang used in biker […]