The Writer's Lab

From Ehzoterik
Author Rita Mae Brown compares creating characters to distilling liquor. She says we take bits and pieces of people and boil them down […]

Lydia Loran suggested this list of the 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English.
Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled (’misspell’ is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you […]

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No, it’s not a battle royal, but you can find out just about everything there is to know on these two Star Wars characters and make your own comparrisons by visiting the Wookieepedia.
It’s one of the largest wiki’s on wikia.com, and while it is subject to some of the usual negatives of being a wiki, […]

“But it can’t have spelling mistakes! I ran spell check!” I hear this quite often. While running spell check on your documents is very important, it certainly is not a foolproof means of making sure that your documents are error free.
Firefox is just one browser that has a built in spell check, and just about […]

Daniel over at Daily Writing Tips takes a humorous look at the issue of proofreading your writing, even if you use a spell checker.
You should proofread virtually any written piece, from emails to blog posts. Proofread your homework as well, since you don’t want to drive the principle of your school crazy.
The Impotence of Proofreading […]