Entries by Rebecca T. Dickson

5 Writing Lessons You Need to Unlearn (and 5 more you should adopt)

Oh sure. We all remember high school English. Verb-noun agreement. Proper use of the comma. How to write a thesis statement and a conclusion. But some lessons are better off being forgotten. Here are five: 1 – Three sentences make a paragraph Not always. In fact, hardly ever. If you’re writing a college essay, follow […]

I didn’t say anything

When I was nine, my mother combed my long dark locks into a side part and clipped them with a single metal barrette for picture day. I wore a turtleneck with a tiny red whale print and a matching red sweater. I carpooled with neighbors to a private all-girls Catholic school two towns away. The […]