In the 101 post, I introduced rhetoric as just being about patterns. What is the most basic of patterns? Repetition. “It was the best of...

Rhetoric is one of those things that seems intimidating until you unpack it, because once you unpack it you'll realize you already use...

You finished your revisions and feel confident in your story, but you know your project still needs something before you can send it off...

You have your project and you know you have taken it as far as you can on your own. The next step before publishing is bringing in an...

I talked about the different types of editing in my What is Editing? post, but I thought it would be worthwhile to dive more thoroughly...

Even though this is the most straightforward rule for comma use, there is some contention about it, and it gives us a great opportunity...

Sometimes, they are everywhere you look: around every corner, before every preposition, with each conjunction. You don't have to be scared!

After you put words on the page, any work you do to change those words is editing. When I teach writing, I teach the writing process with...