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Do Not Get Trapped In Those Words!  

Word Traps

" Let's face it - English is a crazy language.


There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig."

So rightly says the author!

So today, I decided to abet all those writers who cannot find enough writing help around the vast expanse of the World Wide Web, or to be precise, do not know where to look for it!

English is alien to all amateurs and professionals. Some do not know how to begin and the others have no idea where to end. Young or old alike, English traps you in its venomous fangs, not caring about who you are. And now you are perplexed about finding a way out of it’s gaping poisonous mouth??

So today, I bring to you a good site, capable of your attention to help you out of the traps of English! Word Traps, is a site which provides you a valuable insight into this confusing
language, English. It has a good many tips and resources to help you get out successfully of the various embedding traps of English!

It contains of many sentences of similar sounding words which often confuse oneself. But not any more!! For this site comes to your rescue just then. The author of the site very rightly explains the phenomenon called English, in the beginning. Sentences like, "The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert." often confuse the reader.

Here, the author tells you about his really intrinsic thoughts and at the end, you will also find a very interesting dictionary which helps you differentiate between these similar sounding words!

So go on, pull up your socks and be off to help yourself!

Meghna

A Jewel From The Literary World  


I have stumbled upon a writing blog afresh and here I share it with you. “Literary Jewels”, is another wonderful literary blog that you can visit and enjoy. The author of this blog is an Indian student, Amritbir Kaur.

It is a fabulous blog related to all kind of literary information and knowledge one needs. The author describes it as, “a creative insight into the world of literature. It is about the jewels of literature - fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and much more. I have attempted to interpret literature from my point of view. It also contains my little ramblings about general topics related to life.”

The blog has a vast range of topics to choose from and the author presents posts in a creative and unique manner. The quotes widget on the top will certainly enlighten your day as you go for a read. The articles written by the author have a unique charm and display abounding dexterity on her part.

One of her personal posts, Of Childhood, is a well framed article with smooth flow of words. The quotes perceived there are also a treat to the mind. The blog can give you interesting articles on many authors like, George Eliot, J.K Rowling, John Keats, John Grisham, T.S Eliot, Wordsworth, William Blake and many more.

One of the interesting posts that I found was Bill Gates’s Quotes, which has many witty anecdotes by the successful millionaire. Another good post is the latest one, Shakespeare’s Grave. All posts are an abode of good words, quotes and interesting views and information.

In the end, all I can say is Literary Jewels is certainly a dazzling jewel among the million others!

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A Corner For Your Creative Writing!  

­Creative Writing Corner


'Creative Writing Corner' is one of the blogs that is­ about writing and enjoyable to read too. It is a fabulous place where you can read from books to movies! It contains all the posts which help you in writing a good piece of work. The blog is owned by Blair Hurley who is a creative writer herself.

This blog also helps you in learning the correct usage of substances in your post. One of her recent posts, How To Use Weather In Your Writing, is a good example. The blog is also for amateur writers who can get valuable tips. In one of her recent posts, School Is Near The End! What Are Your Creative Writing Plans?, Blair gives good ideas to spend our ongoing summer vacations! One of her posts, The Three P's is a good example about the elements in a story.

The blog also has a post on how reading can help you improve your writing prowess. This blog is a good read in it­self, and written by a college undergraduate herself, has a spunk of immense creativity.

To sum it up, The Creative Writing Corner is a great place for all writers and wannabe authors!

Meghna

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Tips For Your Daily Writing


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Tips For Your Daily Writing  

Daily Writing Tips

Today I have in store for you, another fabulous writing blog which I visit frequently. Aptly named Daily Writing Tips, this blog has a proficient team of writers and editors. It has a multiple choice of collections for readers to enjoy and improve their writing prowess.

As the authors rightly say in their intrduction,

"It can be difficult to hone one's writing skills within this fast paced environment. To solve this problem we decided to create Daily Writing Tips, a blog where you will find simple yet effective tips to improve your writing."
This blog imparts basic knowledge about the simple parts of speech about Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Pronouns and the like. It also help you in business writing and freelance writing. Thus you see that they have a variety of options for young and old, alll alike!

One of my favorites is the Word Of The Day posts which enrich our vocabulary daily. And how could I ever forget to mention the Misused Words which tell us the basic mistakes in our language and also entertain the queries of the readers.

The posts under the category spelling are also good to improve our errors and learn the differences between the words with the same pronunciation. For amateur writers, their posts on fiction writing would be prudent. One of their recent posts, Cna Yuo Raed Tihs? is a fun-filled post full of jumbled sentences for you to solve and enjoy! They also contain tests and a forum.

To sum it up, all I can say is that this is one of the finest examples of a writing blog and a great help to amateur writers. I have bookmarked this and eagerly open my feed reader each morning to read about the my Daily Writing Tip of the day!






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One Step Forward  



One of my favorite writing blogs is ‘One Step Forward’ which is written by Legbamel an expert in this field. She rightly writes in her profile, “I blog about writing and grammar. Every so often, I throw in writing prompts, freelance job links and tips, and publishing opportunities. Less often, I actually write for money or work on my novel.”

The blog is enriched with posts on proper language usage with tips on improving your grammar. I loved to read Grammar Pet Peeves (which shows some sites for your elucidation and entertainment), I Told You Grammar Was Important (which points towards some entertaining grammar posts on other blogs), Using Commas in Your Dates (which gives some troubleshooting tips on how to punctuate the dates) etc.

Another section which interests me is none other than Writing Prompts. Posts like Writing Prompts and Exercises (look to writing exercises to loosen up those creative muscles) and Guides to Writing and Editing (look beyond grammar & spelling to get that virtual ink flowing again) are wonderful articles worth reading again and again!

How can I forget to mention about the Vocabulary posts where Legbamel not only gives tips for improving your vocabulary but also make it an interesting topic to look forward to like Beware the Wily Thesaurus (how too much thesaurus can be bad for your writing).

To sum it up, ‘One Step Forward’ is a one step blog to solve all your writing and language related queries covering various topics like grammar, vocabulary, writing tips, writing prompts, associated content, freelance writing and many other.


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