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How to Improve Two Major Writing Issues: Continuity and Conciseness
Have you ever received comments on your essay or research paper that mentioned either lack of continuity or conciseness? Both issues, believe it or not, stem from how well you read. Strong readers are strong writers because they emulate patterns from reading. Strong...
How Reading Transforms Us – The New York Times
MOST writing seeks to influence you to think or feel how the author wants you to think or feel. The article you are reading now is no exception. We want you to think about certain things in a certain way.But there’s another kind of influence, not typically associated...
Are screen-addicted kids frying their brains? | Parenting
Parents watch their children flit from screen to screen and wonder if this generation of kids has any sticking ability. Can they focus on anything for more than two minutes or 140 characters? Do they know how to deal with real people and read real facial expressions...
No, the Internet Has Not Killed the Printed Book. Most People Still Prefer Them. – The New York Times
Even with Facebook, Netflix and other digital distractions increasingly vying for time, Americans’ appetite for reading books — the ones you actually hold in your hands — has not slowed in recent years, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.Sixty-five...
How to Be a Better Writer: 6 Tips From Harvard’s Steven Pinker | TIME
U want 2B a better writer?Good writing is often looked at as an art and, frankly, that can be intimidating. No need to worry. There are rules — even science — behind writing well.Our brain works a particular way; so what rules do we need to know to write the way the...