Writer's Workbench

Both times that I attempted to submit my post in the Writer's Workbench DB, it said "error", so I am posting my response here.


To be honest, I only read two of the tools underneath the "nuts & bolts" menu to the left. I did not complete either of the workshops provided, however I did find some useful information in the two tools that I did read. The two tools I read were "Branch to the right" and "Use strong verbs".
"Branch to the right" was a tool about setting up the sentence so that the verb and the subject are at/near the beginning. This did make the writing more interesting, I noticed in the examples given.

The second tool, "use strong verbs", was the tool that stood out the most to me. It was really cool how changing a simple sentence to using present verbs changed how interesting the sentence was. Also, this type of writing I am familiar with. In the interviews in magazines I read, the writing is structured using present-tense verbs, which, I feel, makes reading the piece more interesting, but also more personal. Using that type of writing entraps me and makes me feel as though I am there in the interview, too.

I only read those two tools, but that does not mean I am not planning on going back to read a few more, or the rest of the tools, because out of just the two I read, I have some new and different insight on how to go about writing a more attention grabbing essay; I plan on trying to put these tools to use on one of my next essays.