The Mysterious Case of the Missing “S”

A note on in medias res:

in medias res is Latin for “in the midst of things”. In some classes in my last Artist Residency, we were talking about different ways to grab your readers’ attention. One way is to start a scene or even a story in the middle of the action – in medias res – it can really make your readers sit up and take notice, longing to know more… Anyway – I think I may have forgotten to add the “s” on “medias” when I wrote it down. Yes, writers worry about things like missing “s”s!!!

So, the next time you are talking about starting a story in the midst of things and want to use the fancy Latin phrase, or you are filling out the last few spaces in a crossword puzzle, or you are on a game show in the final round and you need to translate “in the midst of things” into Latin, be sure to add all the necessary “s”s to in medias res!!!!