Aim to Write in Active Voice Knowing the difference between active voice and passive voice is often a tough one for beginning writers. I spend a lot of time editing passive voice out of other people’s writing and remain mindful…
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Wrong pronunciation can lead to incorrect spelling The way words are pronounced doesn’t always correlate to the way they’re written. What I mean by that is, just because you hear a word pronounced one way, doesn’t mean you should spell…
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Misused Phrases – 15 idioms, adages, and expressions Misused phrases in writing can kill your credibility in a heartbeat. Errors in idioms, adages, and popular expressions won’t go unnoticed, so it’s important to get these right. It doesn’t matter what…
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Stuff That Annoys Me (yup, I have a list for that, too) I never said I was mature, okay? Being (slightly) compulsive means that subconsciously, I understand that my mission in life is to organise the entire universe and everything…
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Okay, let’s get this part out of the way… It appears I’m old. I never really think of myself this way, but I deduced this is true from what I see going on around me lately. I don’t understand what…
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Wizards and scribes – storytellers are born not made Storytellers are writers who wield their pens (er, or keyboards) with a brilliance and finesse that appears to defy logic and the writing rules in some cases. You’ve seen them. You…
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Using Social Media Marketing the Right Way Okay, so the last time I got on here, I was on a bit of a tear about using social media marketing without responsibility and spamming the crap out of everyone. I hate…
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Social Media Marketing – Use Your Head and Don’t Spam! Social media marketing through different platforms is a great way to get your name or your side gig out in front of consumers. It just makes sense to pursue blogging,…
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Here’s the current state of the world, at least as far as freelance content writing… With the advent of the Internet, there rose a disturbing trend toward everyone and their brother growing to labour under the delusion they were a…
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Writers’ resources definitely extend beyond simple reference books. However, on the craft of writing itself, books written by successful writers, editors and teachers of writing are a great way to get pointed in the right direction when you’re starting out.…
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