What Else? Six Traits on QuizRevolution

Brainstorm many ineresting ideas that explain your topic and make it come alive. What do you know that is different than others?  What makes this topic special?

Voice in writing shows your attitude, passion, and personality. You are committed to engaging the reader with interesting ideas, insightful images, and clear connections so the reader understands the topic and your interest.

Word choice allows your voice to shine through with specific, colorful, imaginative, active, connective words. It's the difference, Mark Twain said, between lightning and a lightning bug.  He also explained, "Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream."

Alice, hunched over, her gray stringy hair falling into her eyes, hesitantly stepped onto the wooden box like a cat afraid of the water. Holding her hand above her eyes, she stared into the smudged window and screamed, "Get out of the house!"

Sentence Fluency jump starts your writing. When your sentences start differently and have different lengths, your writing develops its own style and rhythm. Try it. Your readers will appreciate the flow from long to short to long. Like a battery, you'll keep your writing energy flowing.

A good writer grabs the reader with a hook from the beginning and leads them step by detailed step through the story or text, engaging the reader with active ideas and descriptions that propel readers forward for more. Transition words add delicate and subtle pushes to the important information, while direct points (First, Second, Finally) instill a more vivid announcement of what's important.  How will you organize for your readers?

Correct spelling and capitalization allow the reader to read smoothly.  Punctuation lets the reader breathe and notice what's important and where ideas change. Margins provide the white space that's easy on the eyes. Paragraphs organize ideas so the reader can consume the ideas and not try to figure it out while reading. So, before you publish your writing, comb through it carefully to make certain your ideas "read" easily.

Ideas and organization keep your writing clear.  Prewrite your ideas (list, web, free-write, research notes) and then organize them before you start your draft.  Add details like action verbs and nifty nouns as you prwrite and draft. Always ask, "What else could I add to make this active, clear, and still concise?"

What you put in at the beginning determines the quality of your finish. 

Put good coffee into your grinder, and a great cup of coffee awaits you.

Proofread --- comb through each word, word by word, to check for punctuation, capitalization, spelling, paragraphs, margins, grammar.

If not, your reader will stumble.

If yes, your reader will focus on your ideas!

Writing:

to entertain

to inform

to narrate

to persuade

to reflect

to share

to connect

What else?

Writing is never done.

Something can always be improved.

Do it today!

Always ask, "What Else?" What else can I write, add, revise, research, share, publish...?