Not Speaking to the Reader

On of the hardest things a writer can face is not speaking to the reader. All writers have the natural tendency to try and turn their writing into a conversation. It's important to not do this. You are trying to get your point across and make sure your reader understands, but DO NOT SPEAK TO THEM. As the character or the writer, both are equally bad. Now you might be wondering how you speak to the reader, here are a few examples.

You know what I mean?
I bet even you have made this mistake at least once in your life.
Have you ever been in love? It sucks, I advise you to never fall in love.

I plead guilty to this, I really do. When I was a younger writer and just learning I never really thought how tacky it looked to address the reader directly. I am now embarrassed when I come across those little slip ups in my writing. I've spent a lot of time editing and I'm sure I'll have to edit more out eventually. Be careful to not let yourself slip into this habit.

Singular and Plural Words

The moment when you all groan because this is one of the dreaded topics. I understand, in fact I used to be there. Mostly because I grasped the concept quite easily while so many others were completely confused by it. I will help you however, as this is the point of the blog. There are two forms of words, besides the different forms they may take in different Point of Views. They are Singular and Plural.

Singular- Being the only one of its kind; dinstinctive; unique. Individual. Noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number found in many languages that indicates that word form has one referent or denotes on person, place, thing, or instance.

Plural- Consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one. Pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things. Noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent.

In short, singular is the form you use when you only have one of the object in question. Plural is the form you use when you have multiple of the object in question.

Ex:
bottle-bottles
cup-cups
pencil-pencils
desk-desks
sticker-stickers
window-windows
child-children
woman-women
mouse-mice
goose-geese