To write well, sweat the small stuff
It was only after My Fair Lady was showing in the cinemas that its set designer Cecil Beaton noticed aContinue Reading
Category: Thoughts on Writing
It’s the DSE English Language paper that deserves a bad grade
Recently, a Hong Kong parent reached out to me. My child has to sit for her DSE in a fewContinue Reading
Learning the ABCs of persuasive writing from 陳茂波’s WSJ letter
Many people in Hong Kong cheered when the Wall Street Journal branded Paul Chan Mo-po (陳茂波) an “illusionist” for botheringContinue Reading
Dancing to my own tune: pursuing artistic freedom in repressive Hong Kong
“Let me try and make her look like a ballerina,” Youtuber ballet coach Claudia Dean mused as she adjusted herContinue Reading
The power of the passive voice
“Rules are made to be broken.” This phrase sprang to mind after I read Buckingham Palace’s response to the interviewContinue Reading
Tips on writing to prisoners of conscience: “Show, not tell”
Now that writing letters to political prisoners is fast becoming one of the few remaining outlets for Hong Kong peopleContinue Reading
Setting the scene
The scene is to be filmed in a diner in Los Angeles, but the story is set in Manhattan. Solution?Continue Reading
原來香港政府新聞稿里的英文可以爛成這樣
今次修改的，是特區政府對美國制裁那十一個官員的回應。我選了該文的其中四段來點評。
