If you show your reader what happens, you’re more likely to keep him interested in your writing. This goes for travel writing, books, novels, and more. Use action words and avoid passive verbs. Try this exercise: Instead of writing…She suddenly saw the snake out of the corner of her eye.…
Recently, I was a guest to a service group that does tremendous work in our community. A gentlemen, my friend and also one of my greatest cheerleaders for my life work had a couple suggestions for an upcoming project of mine. I took his advice, as I usually do and almost…
What an impressive imprint Ben is making in the world. Food Recovery Network is in 46 colleges to date and their mission is to be in 1,000 colleges by 2018! Ben Simon Founder Ben S. recently graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park. He brings six years of nonprofit…
Descriptions that show your reader instead of telling him are a good way to involve your reader. When I was editing travel articles, some of the least interesting articles used overworked adjectives that did nothing to show the reader what the writer was seeing. What do you see when you…
