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99+ Powerful New Year Words and Phrases

Here’s a comprehensive list of New Year words and phrases to add to your next story about fresh starts and new beginnings.

When I’m writing about the excitement and promise of New Year’s celebrations, I keep a list of festive words and holiday words that capture the atmosphere and the hopeful spirit of new beginnings. Whether you’re crafting a story about a glamorous New Year’s Eve party or writing about someone’s journey of self-improvement, these words will help bring your narrative to life...

List of Christmas Words and Phrases To Use: 90+

Here’s my comprehensive list of Christmas-related words and phrases. Whether you’re writing holiday cards, an Xmas story, or just wanting to expand your seasonal vocabulary, these words will help you capture the magic of Christmas. I refer to them when writing!

Traditional Christmas Words (1-30)

The foundation of Christmas celebrations lies in these traditional terms that have been passed down through generations. Let’s begin with two fundamental concepts of the season.

Advent
Example: “The chi...

List of Descriptive Words, Adjectives and Adverbs: 1000+

Describing words or adjectives bolster the detail of your writing by modifying the language. Our descriptive words list will help you engage your readers.

Using descriptive words will help you better include your reader in your narrative. They fill in the gaps and change a sentence from merely informative to captivating. Descriptive words are adjectives which modify nouns and pronouns, or adverbs, which describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Identifying and using these will help yo...

33 Popular Book Genres Explained

Understanding the most popular book genres can help you write a better book.

Every author and writer must understand what type of genre they’re working within. Try and self-publish a book on Amazon KDP and they’ll force you to pick two or three before it goes live. Selecting a genre doesn’t mean you end up producing something bland, boring and generic. Understanding the conventions of a genre gives you confines to work within. If you’re writing a thriller, someone must die.

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ProWritingAid Vs Grammarly: What’s Best?

In this comparison, I compare ProWritingAid and Grammarly to discover which is the best tool for improving writing.

Grammarly is my preferred AI assistant for most writing tasks, although ProWritingAid is useful for fiction writers.

I’ve tried and tested the free and premium versions of Grammarly and ProWritingAid for several years. I use both writing tools as part of my workflow. I use the Grammarly desktop app for Mac and the Chrome plugin almost every day. I also use the ProWritingAid...

Best Grammar Tool For Mac: 16 Top Options (2024)

Discover the best grammar tool apps for Mac, free and paid, in our round-up.

If you’re in a rush, the best grammar checker for Mac is Grammarly, as it’s easy to use and includes an AI writing assistant.

I love writing on Mac due to its rock-solid operating system and wide range of writing apps. Although Mac comes bundled with a grammar checker, it doesn’t always suffice. I hate publishing my work only to spot typos later on. I’ve spent dozens of hours testing various grammar checkers, so...

Grammarly Discount: Get 50% Off

Are you looking for a Grammarly discount code? We’ve partnered up with Grammarly for Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount.

Black Friday Discount Grammarly Pro $29

We tested dozens of grammar checkers, and Grammarly is the best tool on the market today. It'll help you write and edit your work much faster. Grammarly provides a powe...

Grammarly Discount (2024): Get 25% Off

Are you looking for a Grammarly discount code/ We’ve partnered up with Grammarly for a Back To School discount.

Back to School Offer Grammarly From $12 Per Month

We tested dozens of grammar checkers, and Grammarly is the best tool on the market today. It'll help you write and edit your work much faster. Grammarly provides a powerf...

Grammarly Review (2024): Is Grammarly Worth It?

Grammarly is a powerful grammar and spell checker. I found and fixed more errors with this tool than any other writing app. The plagiarism detector and AIwriting assistant are real-time savers, too

I worked as an editor for a national newspaper, where it was my job to find and fix grammar errors in news stories before they went to print. I know first-hand how painful and embarrassing these mistakes can be. I’ve also spent years trying grammar checkers and writing tools to find the best on...

10 Best Arthur Upfield Books: Bonaparte & More

As one of the most productive Australian authors of the 20th century, there’s no shortage of the best Arthur Upfield books. We’ve listed the best ones to get you started.

Arthur W. Upfield was a prolific author, with 29 books in his Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series alone, so where do you even begin when searching for the best Arthur Upfield books? We’ve gathered his best standalone and Inspector Bonaparte books to kick off your reading journey.

The renowned author had a career spanning ...