No one wants to be given criticism. But getting feedback is the most important step in the writing process next to writing. The more eyes you can get on a piece of writing, the better. I highly recommend getting feedback from someone who knows about writing, not your mother or your ...
Eye gazing is the powerful, intimate act of staring into someone’s eyes for a long period of time. When they stare back at you, oxytocin, or the “love hormone,” increases. In astudy, random strangers were asked to stare into each other’s eyes for 2 minutes without breaking eye con...
For this purpose, you’ll need to first define your brand identity. A recommended practice for this is to compose a list of adjectives that describe your company’s character and personality, as if you were talking about a person. Ask yourself how you’d like the brand to be perceived, ...
Here's one more fact about holiday shopping in Illinois; shipping deadlines for Christmas delivery are almost here, so that means last-minute shopping will have to be done IN stores. To avoid panic and impulse buying, you might want to check out these shopping tips from Bank of America. Go...
Describe a character's appearance and manner: ... Portray a character's thoughts and motivations: ... Use dialogue to allow a character's words to reveal something important about his or her nature: Why do writers try to create complex characters?
They would realize that the best sports books describe the indescrible plays, making fans and players feeling lucky for getting it, and feel sorry for those who don’t. Justine: So true! Publishers have to be more proactive. If the books aren’t there then people can’t find them, and...
From the starting line at 9,390 feet, the road climbs what organizers describe as a “terrifying and merciless route” through forest and an alpine desert to an oxygen-starved 14,115 feet, posing myriad and unpredictable challenges for the driver of a high-performance car at speed....
The scene is more interesting, try to describe how your character feels (panic?) and the details of what you're doing. Try to always keep the visuals of the scene going in your head without letting the numbers distract you too much. You're avoiding being quiet and in your own head ...
Here’s how the inventors describe their device: “We show that smartphones can record magnitude 5 earthquakes at distances of 10 km or less and develop an on-phone detection capability to separate earthquakes from other everyday shakes. Our proof-of-concept system then collects earthquake data ...
money buys fewer goods so that you get(51)for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise(52)the prices of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore"....