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This video offers some rules of thumb for writing a good introduction. It covers everything from tone (confidence is key!) to phrases and clichés...

Even the best essays can go wrong in the conclusion—this video covers what not to do in a conclusion to help avoid any essay-ending problems. The...

You want to be as picky with your citations as Goldilocks was with her porridge—not too many, not too few... juuust right. You want to prove that...

This video explains what role an antagonist serves and how to identify the antagonist in a story. Fun fact: the antagonist doesn’t have to be evi...

Did you know that you, as a writer, get your own toolbox? That's right! It doesn’t even matter how badly you fouled up that sliding bookshelf you...

A dash is a fun and flashy way to let your reader know that there is awesomeness coming up. It’s like the colon’s cool older cousin. This video...

That's a good question. Maybe this is poetry. A haiku, perhaps.

Memoir. n. A book in which you write down all your thoughts and memories so that millions of randos can get to know far more about you and your fam...

Oh ye of small attention spans: if novels don't float your boat, short stories just might. Even if that boat is less of an oil tanker and more of a...