Writing
Wes Lydon
A Note About Quotations

Notes about using quotes to make them work for you.

A Note About Quotations
What Lydon is Thinking, Reading
Wes Lydon
Syntax Has Feelings Too

In "The River Nemunas," Anthony Doerr captures what it means to be numb and alone in the world not in the quality of his words, but in their quantity. 

Syntax Has Feelings Too
Student Submission
Wes Lydon
How To Write (a Student Exemplar)

This is an example of excellent student writing.

How To Write (a Student Exemplar)
Reading
Wes Lydon
The Garden Path Sentence

Sometimes a sentence leads you to a dead end. You are confused, and that's ok. This time you can blame the sentence.

The Garden Path Sentence
What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)

I've had a few students ask me about semicolons in the past week. I am sure they are not alone in wondering how to use them, and why we use them the way we do.

Semicolon (or, The Period with a Goatee)

You Do This Wrong