Editor and Writing Coach
All writers have had bad hair writing days. Writing is an art, which requires creativity. As every creative person knows, the creative impulse is as brief as a spark produced by striking two stones together—not a roaring fire you can draw from at will. If you want to use that spark, you must have the […]
Indianisms, they do confuse the uninitiated! Indianisms are phrases or words in English which are either Indian in origin or were created through a literal translation of a vernacular phrase. These words or phrases are as often colourful as they are awkward. Some of them come so naturally to us that picking them out of […]
Upper or Lower? Capitalization is the practice of making certain words begin with uppercase or capitalized letters when needed. This hardly seems something that might be confusing. Beginnings of sentences; names of places and people; are to be capitalized. That’s simple enough. But there are other places too where capitalization is to be used—and many […]
Self-Editing is the best option if you write short articles/posts. For longer pieces like books, novels or novellas, you would ideally engage a professional. Before you proceed with polishing your post though, it would be well to understand the challenges first. The biggest challenge is: one usually misses out on spotting one’s own typos and […]