Before maps and guidebooks, humans navigated the world through stories. Travel stories remain one of the oldest and most ...

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First, I’m sorry, but this column needs some pedantic foundation. Bear with me; it will pay off in the long run. You may recall from your grade school English classes that there are four basic ...

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On April 3, Gary Woods went home to be with the Lord. He left an enormous hole in our hearts. This article is a tribute to our writing buddy. With his colorful language, one Monday morning, he ...

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'A Song of Ice and Fire' is one of the best-written fantasy series of all time. It created a cultural storm, reshaping what audiences expected from epic storytelling. To this day, very few have come ...

We are drowning in a sea of abysmal, artificially generated prose. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. It’s seeping into inboxes, infecting publications and ruining the internet (again). A favorite ...

Stone Age artifacts discovered in a German cave could push back the origins of writing by 30,000 years. willbrasil - stock.adobe.com The origins of writing aren’t set in stone. The ancient cave ...

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Continuing with our series of posts on adjectives, today we venture into the art of describing places. As I’ve argued elsewhere, adjectives play a crucial role not just in painting vivid pictures in ...