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by Stephen Thomson
English is an international language used widely for writing & interpersonal communications the world over. Most of the business correspondences are done in English and majority of the national & international seminars & conferences are also conducted in English. Resumes for job applications, articles for internet or journals, essays, thesis, business plans and sales letters, are often written in English.
Your writing should be clear & concise, because you will not be there to clarify to your readers what you were trying to say. In conversation, even with incorrect grammar & words, listener can make out what speaker is trying to say. But in writing, your text is a reflection of your thinking. World of written English is different from the of spoken English. While writing any article or any communication, you will have to pay attention to certain details like grammar, spellings, use of synonyms for repeated words, use of adjectives & adverbs for text enrichment & proper use of punctuation.
There are several countries where English is a second language. While writing in English, people first think in their mother tongue or native language & then translate the matter into English. This may result in errors in their written communications. Incorrect grammar in writing will distract reader and it will create negative impression of the writer.
Writing skill is a complex art & it requires lot of practice to improve it. Even, educated & highly successful people can have weak writing skills. There are software programs available which can help you to enhance your English writing & grammar. These software programs can checks & corrects English grammar, spellings, enrich text with adjectives & adverbs, suggest context related synonym for repeated words.
Some of the English writing softwares use online natural language processing technology or artificial intelligence database, which is updated on a daily basis. So, when you have to edit your text, you will have to connect to internet. The benefit of this online feature is that your text will be edited with updated database. These software programs enrich your text without changing the meaning of the sentence & enhance the simple sentence into more professional & sophisticated one. For information on English writing software please visit http://www.truevalue4money.com
Author is a freelance writer & contributes to several websites You will get details on the software to enrich your English writing at English writing software website. Stephen Thomson may be contacted at
by Holly Bliss
Just as phrases can be cliché so can plots and characters. Giving an old plot or character a new twist is what we all (hopefully) shoot for.
Now that I’m finishing up my college degree I use this tool for my writing there. How can I give a fresh new twist to an old assignment? This isn’t easy to think of with five loads of laundry lurking in another room! How do I do it? I look at it in different ways: through the eyes of my children, my husband, the dog or even the laundry!
Oh Captain, My Captain!
Remember that line from Dead Poets Society? Prodded by their teacher (aka Robin Williams), the students got up on their chairs and tried to look at things from a fresh perspective.
This works for more than school assignments. It works when applied to short stories, novels, essays, poetry, whatever writing you are working on at the moment.
Brand Spanking New
Okay, say you’re writing a story and your topic is Christmas. What’s new about Christmas? Well, I live in Florida and we don’t generally get snow at Christmas time down here, ya’ll. Usually you think of a “Winter Wonderland” and a “White Christmas” in connection with northern states. So I wrote about what makes Florida unique at Christmas, in “The Colors of Christmas.”
Go For The Unexpected
How about when you have a practice prompt you are writing for. Take this example from a prompt I wrote for a couple of years ago: A cat, a kitchen and a bottle of ketchup.
The first thing you think of is a bit of comedy – cat sees ketchup, knocks ketchup over and paw paints the kitchen floor. It was my first inclination too, since I enjoy writing in comedic tones. However, I figured that was the direction everyone else participating would be going. The rebel in me decided to go in the completely opposite direction and wrote one of the best stories I had ever written up to that point: “Acceptance.”
Twist and Shout
Another way to add a fresh twist to your stories is to mix genres. We’ve all heard of a romantic-comedy or romantic-drama but how about romantic-science fiction or romantic-mystery? Yes, it’s out there, but not as much as romantic-comedy, so it’s new and exciting.
Spring cleaning can be applied to more than your house or your laundry. Try giving your writing a freshening up, as well.
Using her writing as paint on the canvas of her life, Holly Bliss is an eclectic writer, mother of four children, newsletter editor and author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Creative Writers.
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