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What Was That Word You Wrote?

Marjorie J — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:43:29 +0000

Many words do not sound like they are written. If you put the phonetic spelling as well as the word it will help your reader follow your story line. Ex: Challis (shall lee) Plisse (pla say) are 2 types of Fabrics. Someone who sews would probably know how to say the word, but not always. Genre (john rah,what the different types of writing are called) is also one of those words.

When I was in high school my mom worked part time at a fabric store. They had a huge sale going on that was going to be over at the close of business that day. About five minutes before the store closed a lady came rushing in the door asking for the sudden buckle. Mom thought a few seconds and realized the lady was looking for a fabric called suddan boucle (boo clay). She was able to show the lady the fabric, help her pick out what she wanted and cut it off the bolt so the customer could have the sale price.

Had she not been able to convert the words the lady was speaking it would not have turned out well for the customer. So do what you can to help your reader follow your story.

The Explaination For Ditzyfritzing

Marjorie J — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:08:51 +0000

I have taught adult education for many years and in one class I had a lot of the students who were fooling around, chatting and not getting their work done. I had tried all of the usual encouragements for them to get back on track and go back to their project and nothing seemed to be working.

Suddenly, totally unplanned, I said to them stop ditzyfritzing around and lets get back to our projects. They were immediately paying attention because it was a word they had never heard before and it caught their attention. We all had a good laugh, they went back to work on their projects and the word ditzyfritzing was born. I continue to use it to this day. Have fun using it if you like, just give me credit for dreaming it up.

Writing About Weather Adventures

Marjorie J — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:25:35 +0000

Have you ever heard the phrase “Baby, it’s cold outside”? It brings up for me lots of cold and sometimes very cold memories.

I grew up in Montana in the north eastern USA close to the Canadian border. The coldest I can remember is 70 degrees below zero. While that might not be as cold as it gets in your area, in my point of reference it was on the lowest scale of temperatures. It may have gotten colder, but, that is what I remember as my coldest experience.

Depending on where you live in the world, there will always be a season that is colder so see if you can remember a time and write a story that describes what was happening. Make your descriptions as rich as you can and add emotions to your details about what you were experiencing.

These simple writing sessions can add valuable information to your writing skill so encourage yourself to really go for it. Remember to have fun while you are writing. Your inner author likes that and is more willing to cooperate with you when you can enjoy what you are doing.