Pamela Wilson says, “Trigger warning: I’m about to list some terms that might give you nightmares. Do you remember these?

Gerunds
Participles
Sentence diagrams
Split infinitives
Absolute modifiers
Just talking about them might cause you to flash back to middle school. You’re sitting in a sweaty classroom, listening to the chalk squeak as your teacher writes the definition for each term on a dusty chalkboard.

You, in the meantime, are mentally calculating how many minutes are left before lunchtime.

Here’s the thing about learning to write: It’s not about the terms above. Yes, you need to be aware of them. But if you think learning to write well is about mastering grammar, you’re missing the point”.

Why Learning to Write Is the Toughest and Best Thing You’ll Do

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