http://workflowWriting.com The Information Writers Need, Where They Can Find It Thu, 24 May 2012 13:23:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://workflowWriting.com/626952/do-sports-commentators-really-mean-%e2%80%9cprolific%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/626952/do-sports-commentators-really-mean-%e2%80%9cprolific%e2%80%9d.php#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:31:24 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=7012 http://workflowWriting.com/626952/do-sports-commentators-really-mean-%e2%80%9cprolific%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/626780/how-do-you-pronounce-%e2%80%9coften%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/626780/how-do-you-pronounce-%e2%80%9coften%e2%80%9d.php#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:11:26 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=7005 often is a good example of the way our language goes round and round. Old English had the word oft, meaning “frequently.” It also had the word seldan, which meant “rarely,” and is the source of our word…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/626780/how-do-you-pronounce-%e2%80%9coften%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/625585/slipping-into-newspeak.php http://workflowWriting.com/625585/slipping-into-newspeak.php#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:59:34 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6976 http://workflowWriting.com/625585/slipping-into-newspeak.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/625169/the-changing-uses-of-%e2%80%9cfreak%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/625169/the-changing-uses-of-%e2%80%9cfreak%e2%80%9d.php#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:45:58 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6979 freak is documented from the 1560s with the meaning “sudden turn of mind”: The king, in a freak of anger, ordered the general’s execution. From meaning “a sudden turn of mind,” freak came to mean “a trick”…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/625169/the-changing-uses-of-%e2%80%9cfreak%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/620835/nylon-stockings-and-denier-spam.php http://workflowWriting.com/620835/nylon-stockings-and-denier-spam.php#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:20:33 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6934 http://workflowWriting.com/620835/nylon-stockings-and-denier-spam.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/615597/one-pant-two-pants-2.php http://workflowWriting.com/615597/one-pant-two-pants-2.php#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:38:55 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6937 pant when talking about the garment that covers the legs: When did “pant” become an acceptable reference for the two-legged apparel people wear?  I started seeing this in the late 80s or…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/615597/one-pant-two-pants-2.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/615598/one-pant-two-pants.php http://workflowWriting.com/615598/one-pant-two-pants.php#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:38:55 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6937 pant when talking about the garment that covers the legs: When did “pant” become an acceptable reference for the two-legged apparel people wear?  I started seeing this in the late 80s or…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/615598/one-pant-two-pants.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/603052/aisle-and-isle.php http://workflowWriting.com/603052/aisle-and-isle.php#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:14:00 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6907 isle on a parenting site, I couldn’t help wondering how common the error might be: …many people share beliefs from one end of the isle, and some from the other. The…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/603052/aisle-and-isle.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/598388/when-a-pronoun-is-the-%e2%80%9csubject%e2%80%9d-of-an-infinitive%e2%80%a6.php http://workflowWriting.com/598388/when-a-pronoun-is-the-%e2%80%9csubject%e2%80%9d-of-an-infinitive%e2%80%a6.php#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:02:41 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6912 http://workflowWriting.com/598388/when-a-pronoun-is-the-%e2%80%9csubject%e2%80%9d-of-an-infinitive%e2%80%a6.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/586153/seasonal-and-unseasonable.php http://workflowWriting.com/586153/seasonal-and-unseasonable.php#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:55:47 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6870 http://workflowWriting.com/586153/seasonal-and-unseasonable.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/581373/when-words-collide.php http://workflowWriting.com/581373/when-words-collide.php#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 17:10:52 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6873 collide is from Latin collidere, “to…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/581373/when-words-collide.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/572286/reeking-and-wreaking.php http://workflowWriting.com/572286/reeking-and-wreaking.php#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 15:46:25 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6837 reek: We had an extremely wet May and June this year in New York City which reeked havoc on many tomato gardens. SISTERS…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/572286/reeking-and-wreaking.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/564240/of-muscles-mussels-and-mice.php http://workflowWriting.com/564240/of-muscles-mussels-and-mice.php#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 01:58:03 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6841 mouse to mean “computer device” began in 1965, but the appearance and movement of mice have influenced language for a long time. The Latin word for “mouse” is mus. The Romans got the word from…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/564240/of-muscles-mussels-and-mice.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/552494/shifting-meaning-of-%e2%80%9ccensor%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/552494/shifting-meaning-of-%e2%80%9ccensor%e2%80%9d.php#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 03:21:26 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6815 censor is used both as a noun and as a verb. In ancient Rome, a censor was one of two magistrates in charge of the census, “the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/552494/shifting-meaning-of-%e2%80%9ccensor%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/549403/the-difference-between-extortion-and-blackmail.php http://workflowWriting.com/549403/the-difference-between-extortion-and-blackmail.php#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 19:45:04 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6811 extortion and blackmail. Both involve the practice of getting money from victims with threats. Extortion comes from Latin extortionem, “a twisting out.” The crime involves obtaining something, usually money, from a person…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/549403/the-difference-between-extortion-and-blackmail.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/531939/affect-is-usually-a-verb.php http://workflowWriting.com/531939/affect-is-usually-a-verb.php#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:46:06 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6741 affect and effect was a bit easier than it is now. One could state categorically, “affect” is a verb:…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/531939/affect-is-usually-a-verb.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/528121/humility-and-humiliation.php http://workflowWriting.com/528121/humility-and-humiliation.php#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 02:01:24 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6727 humiliation, not “humility.” Wanting to see if…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/528121/humility-and-humiliation.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/519908/one-never-knows-does-one.php http://workflowWriting.com/519908/one-never-knows-does-one.php#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:58:33 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6732 http://workflowWriting.com/519908/one-never-knows-does-one.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/514964/in-regard-to-your-letter%e2%80%a6.php http://workflowWriting.com/514964/in-regard-to-your-letter%e2%80%a6.php#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:53:45 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6703 regard has numerous meanings and uses in English. Sometimes it is correctly used in the plural; sometimes not. For example, in the polite formula Give my regards to your family, regard is correctly…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/514964/in-regard-to-your-letter%e2%80%a6.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/503481/what%e2%80%99s-so-hard-about-%e2%80%9cdocent%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/503481/what%e2%80%99s-so-hard-about-%e2%80%9cdocent%e2%80%9d.php#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:44:48 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6699 http://workflowWriting.com/503481/what%e2%80%99s-so-hard-about-%e2%80%9cdocent%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/501180/who%e2%80%99s-misusing-whose.php http://workflowWriting.com/501180/who%e2%80%99s-misusing-whose.php#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:34:13 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6706 whose. A short web cruise will turn up numerous examples of the error of writing who’s when the context calls for whose. For example: Do any of you have…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/501180/who%e2%80%99s-misusing-whose.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/481243/draconian-implies-cruelty.php http://workflowWriting.com/481243/draconian-implies-cruelty.php#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:30:32 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6676 http://workflowWriting.com/481243/draconian-implies-cruelty.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/102792/the-term-%e2%80%9chigh-concept%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/102792/the-term-%e2%80%9chigh-concept%e2%80%9d.php#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:00:49 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6162 http://workflowWriting.com/102792/the-term-%e2%80%9chigh-concept%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/97975/prima-donna.php http://workflowWriting.com/97975/prima-donna.php#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:00:40 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6158 prima donna [prē'mə dŏn'ə] (“pree muh don uh”) is an Italian term…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/97975/prima-donna.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/83376/%e2%80%9caffiliate%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cfranchise%e2%80%9d-and-al-qaeda.php http://workflowWriting.com/83376/%e2%80%9caffiliate%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cfranchise%e2%80%9d-and-al-qaeda.php#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:00:58 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6151 franchise. The word franchise can be used with more than one meaning, of…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/83376/%e2%80%9caffiliate%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cfranchise%e2%80%9d-and-al-qaeda.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/78780/inhibit-vs-prohibit.php http://workflowWriting.com/78780/inhibit-vs-prohibit.php#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:00:43 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6147 inhibit in the OED gives “prohibit” as a synonym: inhibit: trans. To forbid, prohibit, interdict (a person) Several of the illustrations show inhibit being used where…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/78780/inhibit-vs-prohibit.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/73836/is-%e2%80%9cinto%e2%80%9d-after-%e2%80%9cinvade%e2%80%9d-really-necessary.php http://workflowWriting.com/73836/is-%e2%80%9cinto%e2%80%9d-after-%e2%80%9cinvade%e2%80%9d-really-necessary.php#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:00:56 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6143 invade includes…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/73836/is-%e2%80%9cinto%e2%80%9d-after-%e2%80%9cinvade%e2%80%9d-really-necessary.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/67569/what%e2%80%99s-your-novel%e2%80%99s-log-line.php http://workflowWriting.com/67569/what%e2%80%99s-your-novel%e2%80%99s-log-line.php#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:00:23 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6139 log line (also spelled log-line and logline) is usually associated with movies, but the wise novelist will learn how to write one. In the context of writing (as opposed to measuring a ship’s rate of speed), a log…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/67569/what%e2%80%99s-your-novel%e2%80%99s-log-line.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66276/sin-is-bad.php http://workflowWriting.com/66276/sin-is-bad.php#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:00:08 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6134 sin has some connection to an archery term for “missing the mark.” The connection is a tenuous one. The Greek word hamartia can mean “missing the mark” in…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66276/sin-is-bad.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65673/word-count-and-book-length.php http://workflowWriting.com/65673/word-count-and-book-length.php#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:00:05 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6124 http://workflowWriting.com/65673/word-count-and-book-length.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66277/%e2%80%9cblatantly%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cpatently%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/66277/%e2%80%9cblatantly%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cpatently%e2%80%9d.php#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:00:07 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6116 patently [pāt'nt-lē] means “openly, obviously, clearly.” It derives from the…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66277/%e2%80%9cblatantly%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cpatently%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65678/a-knight-errant-and-an-arrant-knave.php http://workflowWriting.com/65678/a-knight-errant-and-an-arrant-knave.php#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:00:15 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6112 errant and arrant have been mixed up for centuries, but modern usage prefers to keep them apart. errant: itinerant, traveling This is the sense present in the term knight errant. The knight roams around looking for…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65678/a-knight-errant-and-an-arrant-knave.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65674/are-you-writing-a-memoir.php http://workflowWriting.com/65674/are-you-writing-a-memoir.php#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:00:32 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6108 memoir: Autobiographical observations; reminiscences. Anyone can write a memoir. From what I can tell, just about everyone is writing a memoir. ANGELINA Jolie is writing her memoirs. Denise Richards to Pen a Memoir The creative director of Vogue, Grace…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65674/are-you-writing-a-memoir.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65742/a-besetting-sin.php http://workflowWriting.com/65742/a-besetting-sin.php#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:00:02 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6105 http://workflowWriting.com/65742/a-besetting-sin.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65679/three-peeves-in-one-newspaper-article.php http://workflowWriting.com/65679/three-peeves-in-one-newspaper-article.php#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:00:41 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6095 http://workflowWriting.com/65679/three-peeves-in-one-newspaper-article.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66278/%e2%80%9crhubarb%e2%80%9d-is-not-just-a-vegetable.php http://workflowWriting.com/66278/%e2%80%9crhubarb%e2%80%9d-is-not-just-a-vegetable.php#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:00:13 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6088 http://workflowWriting.com/66278/%e2%80%9crhubarb%e2%80%9d-is-not-just-a-vegetable.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66279/clean-out-of-spondulicks.php http://workflowWriting.com/66279/clean-out-of-spondulicks.php#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:00:15 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6082 spondulicks, meaning “money.” It has a U.S. origin, but I don’t recall having ever noticed it before. It’s in the OED: spondulicks: n. slang. orig. U.S. [Of…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66279/clean-out-of-spondulicks.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66005/%e2%80%9cchick-lit%e2%80%9d-genre-or-insult.php http://workflowWriting.com/66005/%e2%80%9cchick-lit%e2%80%9d-genre-or-insult.php#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:00:01 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6079 http://workflowWriting.com/66005/%e2%80%9cchick-lit%e2%80%9d-genre-or-insult.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65743/this-is-so-gay.php http://workflowWriting.com/65743/this-is-so-gay.php#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:00:42 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6073 gay has…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65743/this-is-so-gay.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65967/%e2%80%9cthere%e2%80%99s%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cthere-are%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/65967/%e2%80%9cthere%e2%80%99s%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cthere-are%e2%80%9d.php#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:00:47 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6061 “there’re” for there are. Haiti Airport Baggage Handlers, There’re Just Too Many! There’re too many kids There’re Just A Few Days Left If There’re Seasons…(song title) Contractions are supposed to be easy…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65967/%e2%80%9cthere%e2%80%99s%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cthere-are%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66280/embezzlement-peculation-and-connotation.php http://workflowWriting.com/66280/embezzlement-peculation-and-connotation.php#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:00:33 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6056 connotation always colors its denotation. Commenting on the article, a reader refuted Michael’s argument with the words peculation and embezzlement…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66280/embezzlement-peculation-and-connotation.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65968/explaining-the-explanation-regarding-%e2%80%9cthan-he%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/65968/explaining-the-explanation-regarding-%e2%80%9cthan-he%e2%80%9d.php#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:00:08 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6050 than as a preposition left a reader wondering about some of the grammatical terms used in the explanation: I’m…a bit unsure about the terms ‘demonstrative pronoun’, ‘conjunction’ and ‘preposition’ in this context. Could you…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65968/explaining-the-explanation-regarding-%e2%80%9cthan-he%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66006/the-actionadventure-genre.php http://workflowWriting.com/66006/the-actionadventure-genre.php#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:00:32 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6045 The DaVinci Code as an example in my discussion of the mystery, suspense, and, thriller genres, Dan Brown’s novels might be more appropriately placed in the action/adventure category. The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66006/the-actionadventure-genre.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65722/the-spellings-of-%e2%80%9cshun%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/65722/the-spellings-of-%e2%80%9cshun%e2%80%9d.php#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:00:40 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6042 through, a reader writes: And, I faintly remember that there are some 52 ways of spelling the syllable -shun. Can you please, in one of your articles, or series of…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65722/the-spellings-of-%e2%80%9cshun%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65680/trooper-or-trouper.php http://workflowWriting.com/65680/trooper-or-trouper.php#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:00:54 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6034 trooper and trouper: Please, please, please write a column on the misuse of “trooper” for “trouper.”  In my local newspaper this morning, a family member said this about…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65680/trooper-or-trouper.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66007/what-is-%e2%80%9cpulp-fiction%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/66007/what-is-%e2%80%9cpulp-fiction%e2%80%9d.php#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:10:01 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6031 pulp fiction: That is one term which I have had trouble with always. Pulp Fiction is the name of a 1994 movie directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring John Travolta,…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66007/what-is-%e2%80%9cpulp-fiction%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65744/peace-of-mind-and-a-piece-of-one%e2%80%99s-mind.php http://workflowWriting.com/65744/peace-of-mind-and-a-piece-of-one%e2%80%99s-mind.php#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:22 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6027 peace of mind and to give someone a piece of one’s mind. peace: Freedom from anxiety, disturbance (emotional, mental, or spiritual), or inner conflict;…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65744/peace-of-mind-and-a-piece-of-one%e2%80%99s-mind.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65969/taller-than-he.php http://workflowWriting.com/65969/taller-than-he.php#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:00:12 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6006 http://workflowWriting.com/65969/taller-than-he.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/66008/is-your-novel-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cthriller%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csuspense%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/66008/is-your-novel-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cthriller%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csuspense%e2%80%9d.php#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:40 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=6000 mystery, thriller, and suspense. Sometimes the three are presented as separate genres, and sometimes they’re lumped together as…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/66008/is-your-novel-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9cthriller%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csuspense%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/65745/heart-rending-and-gut-wrenching.php http://workflowWriting.com/65745/heart-rending-and-gut-wrenching.php#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:05 +0000 Maeve Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=5996 Gut-wrenching is fine. Guts twist, both literally and figuratively. And in the bad old days people had their innards pulled out as a form…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/65745/heart-rending-and-gut-wrenching.php/feed 0