A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

I may have grown up in the Age of Aquarius, but I'm growing old in the Age of the Acronym.

Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good story, the writer runs into problems. So the act of writing always includes problem solving.

For what good is freedom of expression if you lack the means to express yourself?

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

If a period is a stop sign, then what kind of traffic flow is created by other marks? The comma is a speed bump; the semicolon is what a driver education teacher calls a “rolling stop”; the parenthetical expression is a detour; the colon is a flashing yellow light that announces something important up ahead; the dash is a tree branch in the road.

Express your most powerful thought in the shortest sentence.