Word’s Track Changes – what writers need to know
Writing is a creative process. But when text gets turned over to an editor, things get changed. Here’s how writers can track those changes.
Category: Writing How to be a good writer
When to use the word alleged? Some simple rules
The word alleged is one of the most misused in journalism. Here’s a set of steps to take to keep your journalistic legal ducks in a row.
Simple HTML for content creators
If you are making web content, there’s going to be a moment when something goes wrong. You can fix it yourself with some HTML code knowledge.
The who, why and how of making a content calendar
If you are marketing yourself or your business by writing regular pieces of content, you need a content calendar.
Everyone is a writer. Everyone is an editor
We all spend time writing things, every day. We just don’t think about it, until things go wrong.
Blogging 101: Just make a content plan
It is now three and half months since I last wrote a blog post. In spite of my undoubted time management skills and all I have learned about being a freelancer, it seems I still have a long way to go.
Little language tip: Distressed, distraught
I spotted this on a site which shall remain nameless*. In an article about a musician who had killed two people in a car crash was this phrase, used as a subhead: “Singer takes to Facebook to express his distraught”. Distraught is an adjective and can’t be used in that place in the sentence. The verb “express” needs a noun, and the right one here would be “distress”. The singer, on the other hand, can be…
How to be a good writer
When to use the word alleged? Some simple rules
The word alleged is one of the most misused in journalism. Here’s a set of steps to take to keep your journalistic legal ducks in a row.
Simple HTML for content creators
If you are making web content, there’s going to be a moment when something goes wrong. You can fix it yourself with some HTML code knowledge.
The who, why and how of making a content calendar
If you are marketing yourself or your business by writing regular pieces of content, you need a content calendar.
Everyone is a writer. Everyone is an editor
We all spend time writing things, every day. We just don’t think about it, until things go wrong.
Blogging 101: Just make a content plan
It is now three and half months since I last wrote a blog post. In spite of my undoubted time management skills and all I have learned about being a freelancer, it seems I still have a long way to go.
Little language tip: Distressed, distraught
I spotted this on a site which shall remain nameless*. In an article about a musician who had killed two people in a car crash was this phrase, used as a subhead: “Singer takes to Facebook to express his distraught”. Distraught is an adjective and can’t be used in that place in the sentence. The verb “express” needs a noun, and the right one here would be “distress”. The singer, on the other hand, can be…