you don’t because topping your list is a self-made pod listing all your failings, in chronological order, going as far back as 1977. I can’t remember the name of the guy that sat next to me in 8th grade science, but I can perfectly describe the ...
I celebrate words that welcome hope. If you are here passing by then leave a remark that define your existence! You are invited here, you are embraced here!
Hey friends! A month or so ago, a reader named Katy told me that she was finding my bookMaster Lists for Writers“brilliant with helping me not overthinking about specifics.” Yay! She asked if I had ever done a list of descriptions of voices. I had not! I’m a huge proponent of ...
‘Currently’, ‘presently’, ‘nowadays’ and ‘now’ describe a present situation. She is currently looking for a sandwich course. When the words ‘and’, ‘also’, and ‘so’ can be used in academic writing, they can be considered too informal when used at the beginning of a sentence...
Should we resort to sanitized language to describe our oppression, the same way liberation has been replaced by equality? Notably, the individuals who say these sorts of things frequently criticize liberal feminism, usually on the basis that it’s fake feminism, which is exactly what they’re en...
boomerang 1825 originally coined to describe a throwing device that returns to the thrower, the term became increasingly useful to describe how wrongful conduct returns to bite the perpetrator boondoggle 1935 "popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the un...
These rules are so simple, in fact, that my players kept overthinking it, coming up with much more involved and interesting explanations – partially because they didn’t know about Corruption. As one of the agents ended up with higher Corruption than the rest, he was more succesful at navi...
something meeting at a bar doesn't lend itself to. Ghosting and flakiness also existed far before dating apps and the internet — even if we didn't use that language to describe it. Standing someone up and not calling back are dick moves of olde. My mom has told me her share of datin...
I know that affect has to do with emotion and effect is the word to use to describe the results of the … what ever. lkc Anne W. says An easy way to remember is that affect is a verb, for example, “The movie affected him deeply.” While effect is most widely used as a noun...
Only describe, don’t explain. Ludwig Wittgenstein This quote emphasizes the power of observation and the art of storytelling. It suggests that instead of providing detailed explanations or interpretations, it is more impactful to simply describe and allow the audience to draw their own conclusions....