Dear fellow writer,
Welcome to Swordcraft, my new series of short, sharp weekly videos for writers who want to hone their wordcraft, one snippet at a time.
Today’s 6-minute swordsnip is the third in a 6-part series for paid subscribers called The World of Wordcraft, which focuses on nitty-gritty issues of grammar, structure, and style. Today we’re looking at prepositions, those seemingly innocuous little linking words that chain our sentences together — sometimes pulling them forward, sometimes dragging them down.
This 6-week World of Wordcraft sequence is loosely based on my book The Writer’s Diet, so I’ll be running a couple of free Writer’s Diet Clinics in late April and early May to help you shape up your sentences. Click here to learn more and register.
Want to delve deeper into the world of wordcraft? My 6-week Wordcraft Catalyst course is now in its third week, but it’s not to late to enroll. You’ll have access to all of the resources for the lifetime of the course (in other words, years!), so there’s plenty of time for you to catch up on what you’ve missed. I’d love to see you there!
Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) – and keep on writing!
Helen
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