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New Speak

dburstyn wrote 4 days ago: Business trends are influenced by youth culture and the entertainment industry. Language is no excep … more →

Tags: Business writing, Content, Grammar, how to write, language, slang, Writing Fun, Writing Tips, Business Communications

Random Question #91 comment

Jerk wrote 1 week ago: It’s been a while since wa had one of these (I mean a Random Question, not a post. Shhhhh), so … more →

Tags: Buffy, Misc, Supernatural, Random Question, Writers

Evaluate Your Writing: Writing

lexpower wrote 2 weeks ago: Bad writing can ruin any type of document, no matter how good the planning, organization of the docu … more →

Tags: writing process, Evaluating Your Writing, writing, Writing Services, The Write Ideas, Word Power, Communication, customer support, user documentation

Down So Long It Looks Like Up

dburstyn wrote 2 weeks ago: “I’m down,” the Beatles sang. “I’m really down.” They were not singing about their agreement with w … more →

Tags: how to write, Business writing, Content, Ezra Pound, Grammar, Writing Tips, beatles, Business Communications, computer writing

Long-Lost Treasures

Erik wrote 3 weeks ago: Two summers ago I read a book. I knew it was a smallish book, probably fiction, with an orange and w … more →

Tags: Books, Literature, Fiction, Review, Children, Novel, Marriage, new, Amazon

Handy guide to better writing

freelanceunbound wrote 3 weeks ago: Bill Bennett’s Knowledge Workers blog is running an ongoing series of posts on better writing. … more →

Tags: Journalism

Gender Analysis.

wanderlust wrote 3 weeks ago: I didn’t do as much literature survey on this as I’d've wanted, but I came across this p … more →

Tags: Machine learning, Text Mining, classifier, Gender Differences, pronouns

Sentence Diagramming - Every Picture Tells a Story

dburstyn wrote 3 weeks ago: Sometimes when I’m snarled in the tangled fishing lines of my writing process, I need a little visua … more →

Tags: how to write, Business writing, Writing Tips, writing, How to Write Better, Business Communications

Elements of Style vs. Eats, Shoots & Leaves3 comments

kashicat wrote 4 weeks ago: When you’re looking for writing resources, often the first thing people mention is a little bo … more →

Tags: <punctuation>, Style Tips, Eats Shoots & Leaves, elements of style, Grammar, Lynn Truss, Strunk & White, Style

Read my winning entry!4 comments

writerinspired wrote 4 weeks ago: 100 Words or Fewer Writing Contest.  The concept itself was intriguing, especially for a long-winded … more →

Tags: Advice, Contests, 100 words or fewer contest, Fiction Markets, flash fiction, winner of writing contest, Writing Contests

Clear Writing Counts

stevenhoward wrote 4 weeks ago: Most bids are broken into business oriented sections and sections relating to the technical specific … more →

Tags: language use

William Faulkner, Pt. 13 comments

Erik wrote 1 month ago: It was suggested to me months ago that I read Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. I didn’ … more →

Tags: Books, Milton, Plot, writing, Classic, character, Story, William Faulkner, Reading

3p. Words and Phrases Beginning with "P"

billfranke wrote 1 month ago: Played an important role: played an important role[Don’t use this dead metaphor. Bad (poor style) an … more →

Tags: Medical Writing Style Guide, writing, Style, medical writing

More on Salinger & Unauthorized Sequels1 comment

Samantha wrote 1 month ago: Browsing for more news on the Salinger & California lawsuit, I found a couple interesting pieces … more →

Tags: Book Business & News, Books, Catcher in the Rye, Fanfiction, imitation, jd california, J.D Salinger, Sequels, unauthorize

Qualities of good (and bad) books

caranthis wrote 1 month ago: I promised last week that I would have an update wherein I suggest some books in the Fantasy genre t … more →

Tags: Qualities of Fantasy / Writing, Fantasy, Garth Nix, Tolkien, paolini, dragons, Theme, symbolism, character

Polish Your Writing with Style, Part 2

lexpower wrote 1 month ago: In the previous article, I introduced several elements of style for your consideration. This article … more →

Tags: Business writing, Technical Writing, Writing Principles, Communication, software documentation, The Write Ideas, Word Power, writing process, Writing Services

Le mot juste - now 24/7

Frank Hobson wrote 1 month ago: I am always keen to promote clear writing, condemn jargon and generally get grumpy-old-manish about … more →

Tags: employee communicatons, Jargon, Plain English, Word Perfect, Writing Tips

Why journalism students should read Raymond Chandler7 comments

freelanceunbound wrote 1 month ago: Good writers read. They read a lot. And they read widely.  If you’re a journalism student, the … more →

Tags: Journalism

Polish Your Writing with Style, Part 1

lexpower wrote 1 month ago: At this point in the writing process, you have worked your way through the thinking and planning pha … more →

Tags: Business writing, Technical Writing, Writing Principles, writing, Writing Services, The Write Ideas, Word Power, Communication, user documentation


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