Tag: writing

  • lisa mc kee

    Business of Essays 

    What college student has not padded their essays with triple spacing and long bullshit sentences? If you have not, you have not spent enough time in the classroom or you enjoy the smell of your own farts. Teachers futilely teach students the need for brevity in essays.  In the workplace your boss will use this technique called ‘active listening.’ Active…

  • lisa mc kee

    Goldbrick: Offender 

    Goldbricking comes from the practice of overlaying gold plating over a useless metal thus appearing valuable. Goldbricking was common word usage during the 1800s. During World War I, it became popular as an army term when a soldier feigns injury, he is known as a goldbrick.   Have you ever worked with a coworker who wasted time on questionable activities?…

  • lisa mc kee

    All Tell and No Show 

    Common wisdom in writing: Show/Don’t Tell. Whenever I begin to write a story, I tell and do little showing. What this means is that you use a passive voice. Everything is past tense or future tense in most cases.  Steven Covey, an author came up with a phrase I think of…’act or you will be acted upon.’ In everyday life,…