Write Like You Mean It: Tips, Truths & Tiny Wins

Hello my Fellow Wordsmith,

The beauty of any language is in its usage. The best way to experience its richness is to practice it in its entirety, through reading and writing, in whatever forms you enjoy.

Often what trips us is when we get caught in minor tangles of grammar or vocabulary.

The objective is to overcome these small hiccups and enjoy using the language.

Sharpen your skills with these nuggets.

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Tip to Build Your Reading Skill

Don’t just tell emotions, show them. A clenched jaw or stormy silence says more than “He was mad.”

Express how you feel by showing it, not telling it.

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Writing Prompt of the Week

Describe a place using all five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste and smell) but don’t say what the place is.

You can share your description and ask the readers to guess the place. That would be fun, don’t you think?

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Grammar Mistakes You Can Avoid

Wrong article usage​
❌ She is an university student.​
✅ She is a university student.

A is the article used for the student, not the university. Hence, a university student is correct, not an student.

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Language Lab

Change one letter at a time to go from cold to warm in 4 steps.

COLD → ____ → ____ → ____ → WARM

Answer in the next issue of the newsletter.

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We’d Love to Hear from You!

Have a question, feedback, or writing you’d like to share? Go ahead and share it others.

Have you got the answer for the last Language Lab?​
Reply to this email!

Until next time,

Keep writing. Keep growing.

Gomati Sekhar Ghosh

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P.S. If you can think of someone else who can benefit from this, don’t hesitate to share this with them.

Answer to last week’s Language Lab:

RAHYR OTPRET → HARRY POTTER