From DailyWritingTips.com:
What’s the difference between social and societal? Not much, but enough that you may become the victim of social stigma if you ignore subtle societal signals.
Societal is the pedantic alternative to social. . . .
I couldn’t agree more, having read hundreds of teeth-grating essays filled with “societal” this and “societal” [...]
“Good Advice About Bad Writing”, from DailyWritingTips.com.
Brief, clear, and to the point.
Anyone interested in writing, anyone interested in science fiction, anyone interested in Ray Bradbury who just died at the age of 91, anyone interested in much of anything will find lots to think about in this wonderful interview with Bradbury from the late 1970s, rediscovered and printed in the Paris Review in 2010. Among other [...]
A very useful article on the Mac Observer points aspiring writers to an iTunes U lecture series, a podcast, and an app.
A great piece that ought to be printed out and put on the wall next to every writer’s desk. That includes you, students.
http://ihnatko.com/2011/10/07/there-is-no-writers-block/
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Lasting values The arts, ideas, natural beauty, and good conversation provide lasting pleasure.
The world will be a better place if everyone, all the time, respects human rights and the rule of law—especially when our emotions pull us most strongly in the opposite direction.
About I have been teaching secondary school English since 1980 in the United States, Morocco, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and China in public, private, and international schools. I am also the author of Good Habits, Good Students: A Complete Guide for Students Who Want to Succeed.
I have been living and teaching in Suzhou, China since 2004.
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