Writers are expected to know the parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and articles. If nouns and verbs are the basic building materials of the sentence, adjectives and adverbs act as ornamentation intended to enhance. Occasionally, writers fail to … Continue reading
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Ursula LeGuin has said that an artist’s job was to “put into words what cannot be put into words.” Writers, she says, must do this with words. Using words, we must capture action, character, place, and emotion. The words that … Continue reading