You’ve just finished writing your first draft! Woo-hoo! Now it’s time to jump in to the revision phase, polish, and make the story shine. NO! Full-stop writer. Cool those jets. Revision is not simply about making sentences tighter or words prettier. That is part of it, but it’s a tiny slice of the whole. So please repeat after me: on my list of editing concerns, pretty writing is dead last. Writing a novel is like putting together a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle. It’s not a fast process. Drafting is the equivalent of shaking the pieces out of the box and onto the kitchen table. It’s messy. Some pieces are right side up; most are face down. If you’re lucky, a few...
A state employee rescues a family from flooding during 2019’s Tropical Depression Imelda near Beaumont, Texas. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department via AP This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What goes through a person’s mind when disaster strikes? In Jake Bittle’s The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration, an ambitious book that details the radical transformations climate change is wreaking on American life, we are given a glimpse. We stand with Patrick Garvey and Jen DeMaria as they marvel at the tranquil eye of the storm that decimates their community in the Florida Keys, and see through their eyes the dream-like destruction of flipped sailboats, uprooted trees, and unrecognizable streets....
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— Excessive screen time can negatively impact children’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Therefore, it’s important to ensure that children engage in activities that don’t involve screens, such as playing outside, reading books, doing arts and crafts, or playing board games. In addition, parents can set aside time for screen-free activities to help their children develop a healthy relationship with technology while promoting overall well-being and a balanced lifestyle. Maintain a journal The pandemic has caused anxiety in both adults and children, and journaling is a great way to alleviate these fears and gain clarity of thoughts. If you are doing it with your kid for the first time, you can start by maintaining a gratitude journal. Here, both you...
