Tag: bestsellers

  • Insights From Bestsellers: Friends and Fortune

    Insights From Bestsellers: Friends and Fortune

    If you had the power to save your friend’s life, what would you do to change their fortune?

    Writers have the power to change lives with the use of words. A simple message, such as “It’s over,” can break a person’s heart. Words like “I love you” can bring sunshine and everlasting warmth. Writing compliments and praises can raise another person up and elevate their value.

    One spider knew the influence of words.

    If you’ve read Charlotte’s Web, you’ll know: on one level, it’s a children’s story, talking about the cycle of life.

    On another level, it’s a story about growing up and losing magic when a child can no longer understand animal speak.

    What is truly amazing is one spider’s ability to use words to save the life of a friend. What would you do to change another person’s fortune?

    “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.” – E.B. White

    If you had the power to save your friend’s life, what would you do to change their fortune?

    Writers have the power to change lives with the use of words. A simple message, such as “It’s over,” can break a person’s heart. Words like “I love you” can bring sunshine and everlasting warmth. Writing compliments and praises can raise another person up and elevate their value.

    One spider knew the influence of words.

    If you’ve read Charlotte’s Web, you’ll know: on one level, it’s a children’s story, talking about the cycle of life.

    On another level, it’s a story about growing up and losing magic when a child can no longer understand animal speak.

    What is truly amazing is one spider’s ability to use words to save the life of a friend. What would you do to change another person’s fortune?

    “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.” – E.B. White

  • Insights from Bestsellers: Pandas and Punctuation

    Insights from Bestsellers: Pandas and Punctuation

    Does punctuation matter?

    The answer can be found in this story about a panda that walked into a cafe, ordered a sandwich, ate it, and fired a gun into the air. Why did the panda do such a thing?

    The answer lies in a badly punctuated manual with a definition of “panda”:

    “Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.” – Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

    How important is it to you to learn punctuation rules?