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Kiya is a young woman with many interests. She's got a degree in Computer Science and Registered Nursing.

She's an avid reader and considers Stephen King one of her favorite authors.

She's also been known to pen one or two stories here and there, and as a proud moderator of Writing.Com, she invites you to check out her portfolio (and even better, to sign up today!).

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Kiya's Big Book of Writing Guidelines

A writer never stops learning, no matter how 'seasoned' or 'experienced' they might be. Like everyone else, I strive to improve on a daily basis and as I research around the web or read through textbooks, helpful pointers are noted down and will be shared with everyone.

My hope is that they can be of use to you as they have been for me.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 24, 2024 at 1:25pm
In response to "Getting Short Story Ideas from Images"

You can also use that list as taboo words to avoid. If the photo accompanies the story than those words and secondary images may already be part of what the reader 'knows'.

What was that 'ball' like before (or after) it was a ball... or what are its 'thoughts' at the moment! Is it lonely? The five senses... what season is this... where? Maybe it's Cherry Blossom time in Osaka and it's eager to be picked up and played with (what else to balls exist for?)... maybe this season...

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Spirit🍁🍂Writer

Jul 24, 2024 at 1:23pm
In response to "Getting Short Story Ideas from Images"

Glad to have found your article. It's a very creative way of looking at an image ( outside the box!) It's an " oldie" but a goodie!
I first started writing years ago using prompts. It was very helpful. These days I avoid them because for a while ( during time's of writers block) They seemed to put extra pressure on me to come up with something specific.
After reading this it helped me to see it could also be inspiration! 😁 Thanks for the tips and another perspective.

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iKïyå§ama

Jul 16, 2021 at 9:56am
In response to "Do You Speak English?"

@Cubby

- Thank you!

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Cubby

Jul 16, 2021 at 9:30am
In response to "Do You Speak English?"

Great article!

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Dragon is hiding

Aug 1, 2016 at 11:48pm
In response to "Do You Speak English?"

I've never heard anyone say "conserves" for Jam- ever, but definitely "compote" or "preserves"?

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JaceCar

Feb 24, 2014 at 10:56pm
In response to "List of Frequently Misspelled Words"

In the section of frequently mispronounced words, you list:

probably "probly"

I have another one, of which I am personally guilty. It is elimination the "b" altogether, and saying "prolly" instead of "probably".

Tina M. Courtney

Oct 3, 2012 at 11:42am
In response to "15 Troublesome Word Pairs"

Okay, which one is better or make sense here? Lie or Lye.

She lye's down to rest. Is that correct?

She lies to her Mother?

Well, there both trickey but the reason is because we had a English Graduate write a group email explaining the difference but I ended up confussed. Lye is it to lie?

Tina M. Courtney

Oct 3, 2012 at 11:38am
In response to "Revising and Editing"

Proofreading is absolutely important. Matter of fact my English Teacher would loudly say Proofread everything. I say.

Tina M. Courtney

Oct 3, 2012 at 11:36am
In response to "Quotation Marks"

Do not use for indirect quotation was the biggest tip for me.
There are story's I've tried to come up with and want to use quatation marks. But not using them while indirect statements works for me.

Tina M. Courtney

Oct 3, 2012 at 11:32am
In response to "Horror Cliches"

It's the newer movies that are scary. The old ones in the seventies ect. have much theme. The newer generation care-less about theme want anticipation. Example: Go buy new movies that are cheap but look recent. Ain't talking Hellraiser. Talking About The Night HORRORS.

Table of Contents

Chapter	1	Do You Speak English?	6.82k
Chapter	2	A Guideline to Punctuation	12.37k
Chapter	3	List of Frequently Misspelled Words	5.75k
Chapter	4	Spelling Patterns and Pronounciations	7.03k
Chapter	5	Shifts	10.88k
Chapter	6	Italics/Underlining	8.28k
Chapter	7	Getting Short Story Ideas from Images	4.16k
Chapter	8	Avoiding Goobledygook	4.09k
Chapter	9	Choosing Your Words	6.78k
Chapter	10	Solutions to Spelling Problems	4.89k
Chapter	11	Celebrating Diversity in Writing	6.29k
Chapter	12	Horror Writing - Getting Ideas (1)	7.53k
Chapter	13	Horror Cliches	3.79k
Chapter	14	Quotation Marks	9.83k
Chapter	15	Revising and Editing	6.33k
Chapter	16	15 Troublesome Word Pairs	11.47k

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