Writing Hacks: Building Characters with Other Characters
May 16, 2017
Have you ever had that feeling when reading a book where you are introduced to a character and you feel like you’ve known the character for a long time? Their personality seems familiar. Their actions are quite predictable. You’ve even already predicted their fate. In fact, they don’t feel ...
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John Green: The Fault in Our Vlogs
May 11, 2017
John Green, famous for being one half of the Vlogbrothers, is more than just an online celebrity. He is also an antibullying advocate, a producer, and a young adult (YA) novelist with six best-selling titles to show for it.
Green was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, but was raised in different pa...
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Grammar Chaos: Confusing Conjunctions—Knowing the Difference between Since and Because
May 10, 2017
Since and because seem like fairly easy words, but we still tend to mix them up. Let’s review the sample sentences below.
We had dinner since he brought pizza.
We had dinner because he brought pizza.
At first glance, both sentences seem correct, but grammatically, the ...
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