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Show the little lovebugs in your life JUST how much they mean to you with 6 heartwarming Valentine's day stories 🥰❤️🥰

🌹I Love You, Baby Shark!
🌹Love from the Crayons
🌹Snuggle Puppy!
🌹Little Blue Truck’s Valentine
🌹Harvey The Heart Had Too Many Farts
🌹Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Read all about them on my latest blog post for ❤️❤️❤️ Link in their bio

Have you noticed that a whole LOT of captions start with questions?

Yeah? Why is that?

It's because questions dig their HOOKS deep down into your audience!

When you read a question — like say, what did you have for breakfast? — your mind IMMEDIATELY tries to come up with an answer.

And if it can't? You're going to be more likely to keep on reading to find one.

Adding open-ended questions to your writing is a SUPER EASY way to keep your reader engaged.

BUT! BE CAREFUL.

You should NEVER ask your audience a question you can't answer. If YOU can't answer it, your reader sure as hell isn't going to be able to either.

A Nominalization is a noun that you create from an adjective or verb - They typically end in -tion, -ance, or -ness.

Like:
🔹 Friendliness
🔹 Appearance
🔹 Discussion
🔹 Carelessness

And they almost ALWAYS add un-needed wordiness to your writing.

So, what happens when you give them the ax?

Take this sentence:
“The children worked to find a resolution to their playground dispute.”

Can you spot the nominalization? It’s the word resolution.

If we cut out ‘resolution’ and replace it with its verb counterpart, the sentence turns into:
“The children resolved their playground dispute.”

See how we got a shorter and easier to read sentence?

When editing, double-check if you’ve used any nominalizations. If you have, try to CUT THEM OUT.

Sometimes, nominalizations can be helpful. But typically? It’s better to kiss them goodbye.

React if you learned something from this post ❤️❤️❤️

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