Latest posts tagged with #WordChoice on Bluesky
🌷 Spring typo season is here! Quick reminder:
✂️ Shear = to cut/clip, or a cutting tool
🌿 Sheer = transparent, steep, utter/complete, or to veer off course
One letter. Wildly different meanings.
Your writing deserves that level of care—every single word. 💚
#IndieAuthor #EditingTips #WordChoice
#POV It is a truism that #language shapes #politics through strategic #rhetoric, #metaphors, and #wordchoice. But does invoking entrenched national #stereotypes make #armedconflict inevitable?Whether one is on the side of the “mad mullahs” or the “Great Satan”, the point is simple: watch your words.
Why Word Choice Matters in Psychiatry @olidnejad #mentalhealth #psychology #wordchoice #communication #mentalhealthawareness
Why Word Choice Matters in Psychiatry @olidnejad #mentalhealth #psychology #wordchoice #communication #mentalhealthawareness
Unsure how many fellow Spanglish scientists share this space, but the term moiety/ies sounds so much to me like mollejas (Spanish for chicken gizzards) #wordchoice
Today, we celebrate #NationalThesaurusDay and honor Peter Mark Roget, author of Roget’s Thesaurus. Roget collected and organized lists of words for decades, and in 1852, he published his complete categorization and organization of each word by meaning.
#EditingLife #LanguageLovers #WordChoice
I dont think covering it up is the right word. They know they are lying and they know we know they are lying. They are saying we a dictatorship now and we can do and say what we want.
#RCC1901A #Situ202601A #TrumpThrill072
#InfiniteTrumpismARG295 ++ #FWakeRightWord #RightWord
#JohnOneOneOpera #WordChoice John 1:1 Bible verse choices
#SurkovStage17Approach ++ #FWakeSurkovStages
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#writing #wordchoice #handy #useful An emotional vocabulary color-wheel!
The media must stop helping Trump market misery open.substack.com/pub/stopthep... #MediaManipulation #ResponsibleJournalism #Propaganda #OrwellianMessaging #Journalism #NewsMedia #Reporting #JournalismStandards #MediaMessaging #News #Marketing #WordChoice #ChooseWordsWisely #WordsHaveALastingImpact
Do you step on/onto an elevator or in/into an elevator?
Or does it matter to you?
#AmWriting
#WordChoice
#GetInTheCab
#GetOnTheBus
#Semantics
Dearest Wonderful Literary Agents,
I am begging you to stop using the words “NOT (A) PERFECT” in your rejection messages.
Nothing is perfect, but that word conveys meaning you may not intend.
We live in a world of words. Get creative!
#litagents #literaryagents #wordchoice
&yes, it was a genocide here on
Our People & Our Land.
Over privileged #manchild
abusive
#RichWhiteMen
just suck at everything they do
& they failed to "eradicate" #us
~ the specific #presidential #wordchoice #DJT applied to #this situation on behalf of #Israel & #Yahu & #TheOligarchy 's #ROI.
Writing Tip: Hunt for "adverb + verb" combinations. Often, you can replace them with one stronger, more precise verb. It makes your writing more vivid and immediate.
Example: Instead of "He closed the door angrily," try "He slammed the door."
#WritingTips #AmWriting #WordChoice
Vague words like "thing" and "stuff" weaken your prose. Be precise! Instead of "a weird thing happened," describe exactly what it was. 🎯 #WordChoice #StrongerProse #EditingTips #AmWriting #DesertMysticEditing
Word matter. Syntax matters. Be clear or readers will take your plot for a ride. 🍕🚴♂️ #writingtips #amwriting #wordchoice #claritymatters #writerslife #editingtips #writingcommunity #creativewriting
So apparently I NEVER use the word 'somebody'. I always use 'someone' instead. (At least this is true in the first draft of Melody. I didn't open Harmony to check it.)
Is this a common thing? A regional one? If it's regional, which region did I pick it up in?
#WIPSnips #Grammar #WordChoice
💬 "Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall." — Oliver Wendell Holmes
👉 Thoughtful words carry weight.
#Clarity #HolmesQuotes #WordChoice
My favorite grammar suggestion I've received was for the word "quiffing"
No, Grammarly, I do not want to replace it with "queefing"
#Amwriting #grammarly #authorsky #writingcommunity #wordchoice #wip
The line hits so hard because every part does multiple jobs for the story.
Based on my post "Stop boring writing. Word choice that actually works" on Build Better Books substack.buildbetterbooks.net/p/stop-borin... #wordchoice #prosewriting #writersky
Finding the right word is everything—sometimes it’s the difference between a spark and a blaze. #WordChoice #WritingTips #AmWriting #DesertMysticLiteraryEditing
MAY? . . . #wordchoice
OBTAINING . . . wow. #wordchoice
She’s not nosy—she’s inquisitive. He’s not awkward—he’s calculating.
Every noun is a nudge. Every adjective is a judgment.
Choose your words like they’re wearing stilettos. 👠 They leave a mark. #writingtips #plottwistpending #wordchoice #amwriting #catladyenergy #catwomanvibes 🐱✍️
The following speaks on recent comments made by Representative #JasmineCrockett, speaking on Governor #GregAbbott of #Texas.
#texascheck #texans #abelism #abelist #politics #political #politicalnews #wordshurt #perspective #thoughts #wordchoice #governor #bigotry #wordshurt #liberals #conservatives
To paraphrase Twain: "Almost right word vs. right word? Lightning bug vs. lightning." 😂 He nailed it. Tiny glow vs. raw power. That's my writer's struggle. Do i need that raw power? Or the tiny glow here? "Almost" gets me close, but "right" hits like thunder. #amwritingfantasy #writing #wordchoice
Literary Devices: Adding Voice wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #brainstorm #storyworld #worldviews #diction #tone #mood #dialogue #setting #description #wordchoice #WritingCommunity #writingtips
Word meanings change over time - do you know the original meaning of these?
25 Words That Don’t Mean What You Think They Do
https://buff.ly/41sI6f6
#definitions #wordchoice #writing #amwriting #dictionary #etymology
Refuse is a strong word. I have a few I am trying to evict. Should, but, just. <-- The last one I had a bad overuse habit, it's valid on occasion. And you?
#WritingCommunity #writersky #wordchoice #quirky
