Tuesday Two

Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Constantinos Kollias on Unsplash.

Ancient buildings bathed in a golden glow under a yellow sky.

Monday Muddle: compliment, complement

Monday Muddle

Here’s a trick to help you figure out which spelling you need. Complement, which means to complete, has the same first six letters as complete. Knowing that I should say nice things to people more often will help me remember that compliment has an i.

Monday Muddle: compliment: (n) an expression of praise, admiration or appreciation; (v) to give a compliment complement: (n) something that completes, makes whole, or brings to perfection; (v) to complete, make whole, or bring to perfection

Thursday Thought #MichaelBlouin

Thursday Thought

Michael Blouin thought about stopping, but he kept writing. Now his novel, Skin House, has been named the best in Canada by ReLit Awards, and a digital copy of it will be going to the moon later this year.

An old manual typewriter, with "Goals" printed on the paper. Caption: You're the only one who can stop yourself. So don't. ~Michael Blouin

Tuesday Two

Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Greg Becker on Unsplash.

A path surrounded by large evergreen trees with bright light shining through in crepuscular rays

Monday Muddle: it’s, its

Monday Muddle

Here are a couple tips to help you know when you need the apostrophe. “Its” will be followed by a noun, though there might be a descriptive adjective (or several) before it. “It’s” might be followed by just an adjective. (e.g. It’s yellow.) But if “it’s” is followed by a noun, with or without a descriptive adjective, there will almost certainly be an article (a, an, the) or a possessive adjective before the noun. “It’s” might even be followed by “its”. For example: Why is there a bowl on the floor? It’s its usual location. It’s the dog’s food dish.

“Its” should never have an apostrophe after the s.

Autocorrect does not know the difference between “it’s” and “its”, so don’t trust it to choose for you.

Monday Muddle: it's: (subject pronoun and verb) contraction of "it is" or "it has". Can be replaced by "it is" or "it has" and still make sense. its: (possessive pronoun) indicates possession--the item that follows belongs to it. Cannot be replaced by "it is" or "it has" and still make sense.

Thursday Thought #MarkLeslieLefebvre

Thursday Thought

Sometimes we make the assumption that we are not good enough, or our work is not good enough, before we allow ourselves to be judged by anyone else. We don’t apply for the job we want, because we think THEY won’t hire us. We don’t submit our story for publication, …