It’s important to remember that when your write, you’re usually trying to transmit a message. If you use language that readers may find difficult to understand, your message may not get through, leading to ineffective communication. Share This:
Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, your sentences need to be clear to a reader. One way to assure this is to employ the End-Weight Principle, a little-taught guide to better writing. Share This:
Writers are supposed to know their audience. However, “audience” is a collective noun, like “people”. But one secret to effective writing is to direct your work to one ideal reader. Share This:
Reducing the amount of passive voice in your writing will improve the impact of your work. Share This:
Writing short is part of the art of written communication. And while an editor may work with you to craft a book or an article, you won’t have an editor there to rework your blogs or emails. So, it would be useful for you to learn how to write short. Following are some how-to ideas.
Writing efficiency is important for at least two reasons. First, there’s the old deadline. If you need to finish a piece of writing by a due-date, inefficient or slow writing can be a killer. Second, even if you don’t have a deadline, if your writing is sporadic or inefficient, you may lose what may have
A book or an article is made up of paragraphs, sentences and words. But ultimately, it’s the sentences are the tools that convey your thoughts. Crafting better sentences has a goal: Every sentence you write should make your audience want to read the next sentence. Share This:
One of the first principles new authors are taught is to know your audience. Who are you writing for? To bring this point home, ask yourself why you read, whether it’s a blog post, an article in a newspaper or magazine, a novel, or a non-fiction book. Share This:
Ambiguity is a word, phrase, or statement that contains more than one meaning. Ambiguous words or statements lead to vagueness and confusion, and shape the basis for instances of unintentional humor. Share This:
Unless you’re perfect, it’s likely that you have or will make some mistakes in your writing. The most common are typos, such as missing words, missing or too many punctuation marks, misspelled words, and the like. Many of these may be detected by your word processing software, but these minor errors are more mechanical than