Imagine that you have a toolbox of words. We actually do! Writers have access to millions of words and combinations of words. Each word has one or more meanings and one or more uses. I admit that I use a knife or a nail file as a screwdriver on occasion. (Bad Mary)
Imagine telling the owner of this toolbox that he or she must leave half of these tool at home or at least in the car. While words have meanings and there are accepted rules of usage, what about those folks who decided we must not use our adjectives and adverbs and was and as and…The list goes on!
Some contest judges, some editors, and some “experts” decided we must not use some of the words at out disposal. I did use some twice! Echo word warning. I did that to indicate that not all contest judges, editors, or experts decided can’t use those words.
Join my workshop and rescue tools the “rule makers” say we must not use. We will examine reasons some folks made those rules.
I do know the rules, so I will make sure we use the right tools in the right way! I taught language arts for 15 years. I tutor for college students and kids who take the SAT and ACT, AND I EDIT FOR FOLKS.
https://oiwi.org/workshop/where-did-i-put-all-my-tools-mary-marvella/
BIO: Mary Marvella has been a storyteller for as long as she can remember. The arrival of the book mobile was as exciting as hearing the music of the ice cream truck. As a child of the South, she inherited the storytelling gene from her parents and her grandmamas. Mary helped a publisher edit and publish 8 anthologies of short stories.
As a freelance editor, she has edited more than 40 books in different genres. Anyone who would like to prepare ahead of class or to add a helpful research book may check out Weeding the Garden of Your Manuscript: What Editors Wish You Knew by Mary Marvella.
Retired from teaching classic works of the masters, Mary plays let’s pretend with her characters. She has published 10 novels of her own, 1 book on editing, and a collection of Christmas stories.
Mary has presented workshops online for Outreach International, Hearts
through History, FF&P, Savvy Authors, and A2P with RWA. She presented workshops
for Walton Writers and for East Metro Atlanta Christian Writers, Moonlight & Magnolias conference, and The Southern Pen Indie Conference.