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This video gives key tips for writing punchy concluding sentences, plus advice on when to use them. Making a joke, taking a step back, and bringing...

The London Bridge may be falling down, falling down, falling down....but your essay will be one stalwart structure that stands the tests of time.

This video offers some rules of thumb for writing a good introduction. It covers everything from tone (confidence is key!) to phrases and clichés...

Did you know that you, as a writer, get your own toolbox? That's right! It doesn’t even matter how badly you fouled up that sliding bookshelf you...

This video defines analogies. What makes an analogy different from a metaphor? How can analogies help strengthen an essay?

Everybody who's tired of the word “epic,” raise your hand. Wow, that’s a lot of hands. But there is an acceptable time and place for the word...

That's a good question. Maybe this is poetry. A haiku, perhaps.

Memoir. n. A book in which you write down all your thoughts and memories so that millions of randos can get to know far more about you and your fam...

Oh ye of small attention spans: if novels don't float your boat, short stories just might. Even if that boat is less of an oil tanker and more of a...