“Writer-y”
From Zits.
“In conclusion”
Today’s Zits: a mild exaggeration of how some students think about writing.
Editing in Zits
Say “Thanks, Mom.”
How to improve writing (no. 87)
In today’s Mark Trail, some dialogue in need of improvement.
“One puny blog post”
Nancy at work.
”There’s no excuse for bad copyediting”
From the comic strip Dustin.
How to improve writing (no. 69)
Writing that represents the speech of someone fleeing an erupting volcano should exhibit greater terseness, greater urgency.
The pompous style in Nancy
“So accustomed are we to the pompous style as the voice of authority that students can’t be blamed for thinking it the way they should write in school.”
How to improve writing (no. 61)
Omit needless words, Mark Trail.
How to improve writing (no. 57)
When you speak in speech balloons, save some helium.
How to improve writing (no. 55)
Improving Mark Trail.
How to improve writing (no. 54)
Improving Mark Trail.
Mesopotamia: Bushmiller Country
The proto-cuneiform of kur, mountain: some rocks!
How to improve writing (no. 46)
Fixing another Mark Trail speech balloon.
How to improve writing (no. 44)
Mark Trail and “however.”