A Secret Revealed: Becoming an A+ Discussion Instructor
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. “Yup, that is so cool! … “See what you can do to expand that paragraph” … “Little tweaks can have better responses!” …...
Author: Errol Craig Sull
Prufreed, prrofreaad, proofread until you get it right!
Winthrop Wilkinson III was applying for a most important professional position: Director of Marketing for a major health insurance provider. His resume gave a nice capsulated view of 20 highly successful years in the...
The PG Library: It’s Worth an Indiana Jones Sequel!
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Susquehanna Jones was an amateur bibliographer, and had traveled the world searching for the best repositories of knowledge. Yet the ultimate one had eluded...
Spellcheck and Grammar Check: Evil Writing Superstars – Their Luster Needs to Fade!
Timmy Whitherspoon, university student and aspiring business entrepreneur, had in front of him an assignment to write his legacy essay for an advertising class (the assignment: create a product, then sell it to readers). ...
An Important Must for any Writer: That Second-Coolest Paragraph, the Concluding Paragraph!
The lemmings of writing fall into the abyss of confusion and “Huh?” by the reader. These are the essays, the columns, the articles that read as if a knife suddenly sliced off the end;...
Crafting the Utterly Coolest Paragraph: The Opening Paragraph
“We are the first – yippee!” Oh, yes, how true: the opening paragraph IS the first paragraph, but it so much more: it is the coolest paragraph in any writing! No matter the writing...
Destroying The He-Himself Syndrome: Getting Rid of Words and Phrases That Are Obvious and Bloat One’s Writing
Let’s see, I need to write about my life. Okay, this is how I’ll start: “To me my life has been, in my honest opinion, actual joy. The life’s experiences I went through included...
Take Your Pick: Every Job, No Matter Entry-Level or Beyond, Needs Good Writing—and You Can Take That to the Bank!
“No way do I need to know good writing, man! I’m flipping burgers; perhaps I’ll sign my name to the burgers, but I know how to spell that!” . . . “I’m pulling people...
Unconfusing the Confusing: Meet the Brilliant Oxford Comma!
THE PROBLEM. Over the years I have learned some strange and seemingly impossible things from students, friends, relatives, and folks I don’t know. I have always thought of myself as a rational person, one...