Write Like You Speak

Write Like You Speak

One of the keys to clear, engaging writing is to write the way you speak. In other words, your writing should sound like you. Your vocabulary, your cadence, your syntax, your dialect. Your verbal idiosyncrasies. Friends and colleagues should be able to hear your voice...
Editing, Ghosts and Doctors

Editing, Ghosts and Doctors

I’m frequently asked what type of editing I do. That’s kind of a trick question, because there are no operational definitions when it comes to editing. What I call “substantive,” someone else might call “structural.” What I call...

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