Indeed, old age for them, and many old Americans can mean not only the possible failure of one's health, but the loss of identity and self-worth. W: Yes, it's true. What do you have to say about the problem of old age? M: Many experts have given talks here that have focused ...
While Dame Sally’smotives[17]may have beenlazily[18]filling space with any old rubbish tomeet apublishingdeadline[19], as a writer you actuallydoneed to know how many pages – or,rather[20], words – to aim for. (We’ll look at page numbers later too.) But where do you begin? ...
Many beginning writers naturally wonder why they should share any of their potential income with an agent (traditionally 15%). First, they don’t see any of that income unless you’re getting your 85% at the same time. And second, everyone I know in the business is happy to have someone...
In this expression, we find the phenomenon that we have talked about on many occasions: that of transferring to masculine homosexuality, a slang used previously for female prostitution, as is the case with the word gay. Loca also has/had the meaning of “mujer alegre” (happy woman), prosti...
Your book cover dimensions will be determined by a number of factors, such as the binding type you choose (paperback or hardback), the paper type (which determines its thickness), and how many pages your novel is. It will also depend on your book’s genre. Is your book a romance novel...
They are very good and demonstrate solid thinking on your part. The first question is: Do you really have to memorize that many pages verbatim? As I suggest in this podcast episode, you will most certainly be better served by extracting the core information and working with that rather ...
aRead novels to build vocabulary, thus gaining confidence. Start with small volumes of 30 to 40 pages. Write down any new word you discover and look it up in your dictionary. Learn how to use the new word by making sentences with it. Bring the word to your teacher to have it explained...
It’s hard to believe that writers used to pen entire novels by hand. It makes sense that some revered works of literature are extremely long and wordy, because they didn’t have a digital word processor to help them cut, shape, and perfect their books. Word processors like Microsoft Word...
2.How manytablets should a nine-year-old child normally take in 24 hours? A. Half a tablet B. One tablet C. Two tablets D. Four tablets 【分析】1. C。考查推理判断。第二段是针对成人的药物用量,由此推断:6片时24小时内所能服用的最大剂量,故答案选C项。
Short stories are a place to experiment with your creative process, to play with character development techniques, to dabble in different kinds of writing styles. And you're learning what a finished story feels like. So many aspiring novelists have only half-done drafts in drawers. A short is...