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Use Real Words

by Charity Singleton Craig | Sep 16, 2016 | Blog, Writing

A couple of years ago during an all-out brother war at our house – a war in which both boys had contributed their fair share of the strife – I was trying to broker peace by explaining the role each had played.

Thou Shalt Know Thy Audience

by Charity Singleton Craig | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Writing

The advice to “know your audience” has become so essential to the writing process, so revered by the writing advice-givers, that it should probably be memorialized in granite at the Writing Advice Hall of Fame (if there were such a place).

Almost Famous: Who Am I Trying to Become?

by Charity Singleton Craig | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Writing

I used to be famous. Back when I worked as a reporter for my hometown newspaper just after college, my daily front page stories garnered quite a reputation for me. I would be grocery shopping or attending church or covering another public event, and people would come up to me and …

Who Is This For? Writing for the Audience I Have

by Charity Singleton Craig | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Writing

Most of the time when I sit down to write a blog post, I start with an idea in mind. Often, it’s an idea that’s been knocking around in my noggin for weeks. My #wordoftheweek posts have only slightly more urgency to them. They spring from ideas that have been in my mind for a few days, …

Read and Respond: To a Reader

by Charity Singleton Craig | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Read and Respond

Welcome, reader. Though I don’t always acknowledge you, I know you are there, just a few of you, and I want to say how very happy I am that you are reading. You are a big and growing part of why I write. Some days, it may not seem that way. I feel the same way. Some...