An Exposé on Exposition
In order to be made accessible, writing needs a clear thread to follow. Ideally, there should be intention behind action and an end goal....
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Jul 31, 20225 min read
Is the Three-Act Structure Still Alive?
"Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans...
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Jul 10, 20224 min read
The Most Notable Sentence
When I'm editing any piece of writing, I have to leave comments. Lately, a comment I've had to leave a lot is, "I don't quite understand...
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Apr 14, 20225 min read
A Breakdown of Advice: Scholarship Application Essays
Today, I will be following through on a suggestion that I was sent following my previous post. As a quick backstory, their children all...
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Mar 17, 20224 min read
Back to the Drawing Board
Purposeful Prose began with an exploration of planning in writing, and I stumbled on the multi-layered process of constructive planning....
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Dec 9, 20214 min read
The Importance of Forming New Habits - Part 2
Sometimes, writers come to me with projects that they initially thought were going to be easy. When they're introducing their piece to...
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Nov 18, 20215 min read
The Importance of Forming New Habits
It's common for writers to develop rituals in preparing for, executing, and finishing a piece of writing. For some writers, those rituals...
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Oct 14, 20218 min read
An Interview With a Science Fiction [Ghost]writer - Part 1
I recently had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Gabriël Oosthuizen, a fiction writer from Cape Town, South Africa. While his focus...
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Jul 22, 20216 min read
Writing Apprehension in Composition
In my personality test on writing apprehension, I looked at different scales with which writing apprehension has been measured, noting...
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Jun 24, 20216 min read
Your Writing Attitude
Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional and the suggestions and advice I will provide are not meant to replace any advice given...
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Apr 8, 20216 min read
The Best Possible Means of Persuasion?
Post-process theorist George Pullman in his essay entitled, "Stepping Yet Again into the Same Current," sets up a rhetorical narrative on...
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Mar 11, 20216 min read
Wrapping Things Up: How to Resolve Conflicts
Writing, as a concept, is an abstract process in which supposed rules have so many exceptions that the most effective way to evaluate it...
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Mar 4, 20216 min read
Knowing How to Begin: Navigating Abstract Goals
In "Make Your Structure Sound," a crucial step in the constructive planning process, I introduced six strategies that can be used in...
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Feb 11, 20219 min read
Putting a Name to It: Categories of Writing Planning
While not always effectively utilized, planning in writing can be a helpful tool for emerging writers and established writers regardless...
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Feb 4, 20215 min read
The Cogs of Writing Cognition: "Knowledge-Telling" and "Knowledge-Transforming"
Beginning expository writing presents a multitude of challenges for even the most experienced of authors in and out of academia. Blogs on...
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