creative writing Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/creative-writing/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 02:36:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg creative writing Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/creative-writing/ 32 32 Questions for a Language Ninja: The Passion of the Manfriend https://old.wordsbyapro.com/questions-for-a-language-ninja-the-passion-of-the-manfriend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-for-a-language-ninja-the-passion-of-the-manfriend Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:57:10 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1319 Q: My 81-year-old grandma has been dating a man her own age for a few years now. They’re not planning on getting married, but they are a “couple.” How should I refer to him? “Boyfriend” just seems weird, and grandma just calls him Larry. A: The Ninja agrees that “Manfriend” has an unsavory ring to […]

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]]> Can the Clichés! https://old.wordsbyapro.com/can-the-cliches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-the-cliches Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:29:50 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1313 They’re tried-and-true, but they’ve been around the block a few times. They’re shopworn, threadbare, and coming apart at the seams. It’s time to put them out to pasture. Yep, we’re talking about clichés today: those overused phrases and metaphors that somehow, despite your best efforts, find their way into your writing. First, what exactly is […]

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]]> NaNoWriMo: Word Counts, ‘Write-Ins,’ and Winning https://old.wordsbyapro.com/nanowrimo-word-counts-write-ins-and-winning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nanowrimo-word-counts-write-ins-and-winning Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:39:04 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=835 A couple years ago, I participated in the much-touted and much-maligned National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). This annual event happens in November and is designed to inspire writers (and regular people) who struggle with procrastination, fear, distraction and time management in their quests to craft the next great American novel. I was a “winner” my […]

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