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Critical reading for better writing.
Sample for critical reading from Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, The…
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Do better, dear writer.
Thoughtless writing is the bane of the Internet era (or…
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Playing TV for comforting company. (I mean don’t.)
When I feel anxious and restless, I tell myself that…
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My need for precision. Or why I hate placeholder words.
Fundamentally, these words disturb my obsessive need for precision. My…
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Cross-pollinate ideas.
As writers, the world around us is inspiration. Every little…
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The one thing about writing that trips me up: Tenses
In your profession, have you spent years getting good at…
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Exclamation marks — how many is too many in an email?
A friend of mine wrote to me recently saying that…
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How do you write everyday?
I don’t write everyday. I only publish everyday. I write…
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If you’re a writer, read.
A writer who says, “I don’t have time to read”…
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Why I don’t do free trials anymore.
Those who ask for free trials are generally those who…
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Write a good email subject line.
In essence, use the subject line like an executive summary…
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How many hours does it take to write 8 pages of website copy?
Well, it goes without saying that if you can avoid…
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“Place the emphatic word in a sentence at the end, period.”
Shakespeare didn’t write in “Macbeth,” “The Queen is dead, my…
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Empty words
“This government sucks,” someone said with an exasperated sigh. May…
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Choose tools wisely
If you’re going to ideate on a spreadsheet, you will…
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Stickie note trick
When you’re writing about a ‘topic’, the possibilities are endless…
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Writing in first person
Contrary to what people typically assume, I think writing in…
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Write like you mean it
Everyone is a writer. We write emails, tweets, meeting agendas,…