Category: On Writing

  • How to Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Helpful Tips

    Want to know how to beat writer’s block? Try one of these suggestions.

  • Breaking Down Punctuation Rules from The Chicago Manual of Style

    Understand common punctuation rules from The Chicago Manual of Style—featuring example sentences.

  • How to Overcome Writer’s Block

    Don’t let writer’s block get you down! Here’s how you can work through it.

  • Learning the Parts of a Letter

    Writing a letter is one of the simplest, yet most specific aspects of literary communications. Here is a breakdown of a letter’s elements.

  • Tips for Staying an Active Writer

    Lacking the motivation to write? Here are some ways to continue actively writing.

  • Copyright and the Sedulous Ape

    BJ Robinson reflects on Robert Louis Stevenson’s sedulous ape and how it affects copyright.

  • Children’s Books: Industry Standards and Resources

    Children’s books can be a confusing genre. The notes below explore genre standards among different children’s books and provide resources for further research. These notes were created for UNG Press’s panel, “Children’s Book Publishing From Start To Finish” at the 2019 Dahlonega Literary Festival. Print Version: Children’s Book Industry Standards…

  • How to Measure Readability

    Have you every measured the readability of your writing? We’ve all had a text to read where we didn’t understand a word it said, no matter how many times we read it. Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text. You may have been perfectly…