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You’re in college now. Whatever your expectations, I bet you’ll find it different from what you expected. Sometimes the differences are great. But others… not so much. Here are some of the hardest things about being in college.
It’s all on you now.
In high school you still had parents
I’m on the trail of Dr. Evil, that nefarious nexus of nastiness who distracts writers from their work.
Who is this malicious miscreant?
Why, he’s the one who makes it impossible for writers to figure out what the heck they’re supposed to write about. You know how it goes.
Come on, baby, light that fire!
(I mean the fire of inspiration of course! What did you think I meant? Get your mind out of the gutter, please!)
The first step in any writing project is to generate the idea behind the project. Unfortunately, it’s on that very first step that so
Have you ever tried to have a conversation with someone who has a bad case of ADD? There you are, sobbing out your life story and describing how Gomez was so mean to you when suddenly–Squirrel! The subject is changed to that clever little squirrel raiding the bird feeder, and the whole
One of the greatest writing sins is forgetting the fireworks. By this I mean forgetting to make the writing memorable, punchy, and filled with strong verbs.
For example:
The company Board of Directors decided to reorganize. The Vice President of Sales is now in charge of Marketing. The Vice
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What? You thought because last time I said you should be consistent that I meant all the time??
Come on. You know me better by now, don’t you?
Think of Emerson: ”A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” You don’t want to be foolish, do you?
Don’t
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