Blog Entries from OJB

  1. Ory's Writing notes: Conjunctions and Interjections

    A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses. A coordinating conjunction is a conjunction that joins words, phrases, or clauses, that are all grammatically equal (This be where I fuck up my conjunction use, just remember that your list has to be all nouns, or verbs, or adjective, or phrases, or clauses, but not a mixture of the bunch). Here is a list of Coordinating Conjunctions and what they mean: And- Combines two or more positive or negative ideas. But- Connects two or...
  2. Ory's writing notes: Prepositions Part 2, Problems and Tricks.

    In the last part, we learned that Prepositional phrases can be used as an adjective, adverb, or noun. There are some rules about where you can place these phrases at. A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun (an adjective prepositional phrase) follows the noun. Example: The girl with the red dress danced. A prepositional phrase that modifies an adjective or adverb must also go after that words they modify. Example: The danced gracefully in high heels. (Modifies gracefully) Example:...
  3. Ory's writing notes: Prepositions part 1.

    Prepositions! I love this part of speech because it can be used to create a sense of kinetic motion within a sentence. At the end of my notes on prepositions, I will show how this effect can be created. Prepositions are words that show a relationship between another word and the object of the preposition. (Sounds confusing doesn't it?) They often use phrases (we will get heavier into phrases later) to accomplish this. Example: The gun on the shelf is mine. ('On' is the preposition. 'The...
  4. Ory's writing notes: Modifiers part 3, Comparisons.

    Often, we use adjectives and adverbs to compare. There are three degrees of comparisons: Positive (or Negative), Comparative, and Superlative. Here are some examples. Positive/negative: The Bear is red/The Bear is not red. Comparative: The Bear is redder than an apple. Superlative: That Bear is the reddest of them all. Pretty simple yeah? When you talk about one thing; you use positive/negative. When you talk about two things; you use comparative. When you talk about more than two things;...
  5. Ory's writing notes: Modifiers part 2, The Adverb.

    The adverb, the most misused word in English. But what is an adverb? An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb answers one of the following questions. When? (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow) Where? (There, here) How? (Fastly, slowly, beautifully) How much? (Mostly, partially, completely) Adverbs can be positioned in a number of positions in a sentence. At the start of the sentence: Daily, I dance. At the end of the sentence: I dance with Katie, daily....
  6. Ory's writing notes: Modifiers part 1, Adjectives.

    Adjectives are words that modify or change a noun. The overused and underused adjective. Adjective, as any modifier, can be a powerful tool for a writer but is sometimes misused. Before I go into what an Adjective is, I want to explain what their purpose is in terms of imagery. Every Noun in existence cast a shadow. What do I mean? All nouns have a connotation and a denotation. A Connotation is the various social overtones, cultural implementation, or emotional meaning behind the word. A...
  7. Ory's writing notes: The Sentence.

    The Sentence, the basic unit of writing. The sentence is made up of two parts: The subject (A noun or pronoun) and the Predicate (The action being done). In other words "A noun performs a verb." So with us having learned about nouns, pronouns, and verbs, I feel it is time we build very simple sentences and build on them for the remainder of the blog (Everything in this blog, after this, will be about enhancing sentences.) Subject: A Subject is a noun or pronoun that the sentence is about....
  8. Ory's writing notes: The Pronoun Part 2, Types of pronouns and agreements.

    Okay, we've looked at personal pronouns but now let's look at fun things you can do with pronouns (I bet you didn't think you could do cool things with pronouns; I didn't either, but I was wrong.) Reflective and Intensive pronouns. A reflective pronoun reflects back to the subject of the sentence. It acts as a direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition in a sentence. Example: I gave myself a raise. An Intensive pronoun a preceding noun. Example: The king himself...
  9. Ory's writing notes: The pronoun, Part 1 personal pronouns.

    Pronouns: Pronouns stand in for nouns or replace them. While not as powerful as a noun, pronouns have their place in creating well-crafted sentences. I write Erotic-Horror stories, and one of the pieces of advice I received was to use clinical terms and pronouns to describe sex acts (none of that 'I pressed my massive pickle into her woman cave.') At the end of this blog I'll post an example of good pronoun uses in terms of erotic writing (it WILL NOT contain any pornographic or vulgar...
  10. Ory's writing notes: The Verb Part 4, Idiomatic, Active, Moods, and Agreements.

    Idiomatic verbs (Phrasal verbs) are made up of a verb and a preposition (I'll get into heavy preposition use later.) I use Idiomatic verbs a lot. Why? Becuase a preposition can add motion to a verb. From my opening paragraph, 'Cockroaches crawled up and down the walls, and in and out of the air vents.' You can see the motion I've put into the opening by doing that. There are three important notes on Idiomatic verbs. Some Idiomatic verbs are transitive and can have a noun or pronoun placed...
  11. Ory's writing notes: The Verb Part 3, Forms and Tenses.

    In English, there are four forms a verb can take: Present, Present Particle, Past, Past Particle. Present: Dance. Present Particle: Dancing. (Add -ing) Past: Danced. (Add -ed) Past Particle: Danced. (add -ed) Particles are used in verb phrases (Look at the helping verb section). There are some irregular verbs that do not follow the ing/ed endings. (Run/Running/Ran/Run being one of them) but To Be verbs is the most used so I'll go over them. (This is super duper important as this is where...
  12. Ory's writing notes: The Verb Part 2, Helping and Linking Verbs.

    Helping and Linking Verbs, the next two categories of verbs. While, in my opinion, not as powerful as an action verb, they do serve a purpose. Helping Verbs (Auxilary verbs): helps the main verb show tense or possibility. They have to be used in a verb phrase. To be verbs (Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been) These are used in progressive tense and passive voice verbs. (I read an interesting thread the other day on Passive Voice [Which I will get to later] on how Was is always passive...
  13. Ory's writing notes: The Verb Part 1, Action Verbs.

    Originally, I was going to do Pronouns next, but I am going to do the verb instead. This will take many blogs to do (The verb is a massive arena) but so I begin. Again, these are notes from my quest to being able to create beautiful imagery with well-crafted sentences. Each Blog will build on the next so that by the end of this little Journey (I'm hoping the end of February) I'll be able to accomplish my aim and can write the final draft of Mystics! The Verb is the second most powerful...
  14. Ory's writing notes: The Noun.

    Before I post this I want to say these are my notes from a grammar class I've been taking. My grammar skills are a little rough so I felt the first step I should take was to get a better handle on basic grammar. These are just notes and personal thoughts and are not meant to be the end-all of grammar rules. - The great and powerful noun! The noun, along with the verb, is the most powerful word you can use. The more powerful the noun, the more powerful your sentence will be; the more...
  15. Ory's writing notes: Introduction, and thoughts on Style.

    Hello everyone, It is my intention to create a list of blog series that will cover different aspects of writing, famous works, essays, and Authors. Some of these subjects will be useless to you, and some will not. Which subjects you choose to incorporate into your writing will depend on you, and 'your' style, but what is style? Style, I see this word thrown around a lot, and I'm still not 100% sure what it means when people ask "What is my style?" followed by a 3-5 sentence paragraph. In...
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