Innovative Editing

Despite being an editor, I’ve never been a grammar Nazi. I don’t want to scream every time I see a typo, and I can in fact survive if someon

Someone I know recently attended a premarital counseling seminar. Considering how she’s about to be married, this friend of mine – we’ll cal

I’m sure that I’ve written about the “don’t end a sentence on a preposition” rule before. But I’m not sure when that was. So let’s address

There are definitely more than three differences between speaking and writing. But this is the last post in this particular series nonethele

Clearly, Innovative Editing is all about genuine writers. But this begs a really good question: What is a genuine writer? It’s a question a

Last week, we started discussing the differences between speaking and writing in a professional sense. As in, what handicaps do you have to

I was recently an extra on a conference call that illustrated one of the major differences between writing and speaking. There’s a lot of t

I was writing marketing copy for a client this week when I found myself fixated on the word “and” again. Unlike last week, it wasn’t in a s

Starting sentences with “and” or “but” isn’t grammatically inappropriate. You just read that statement, which is a good start. But now, thi

I don’t know about you, but I’m a fan of long sentences. I love adding in commas, hyphens, colons and semicolons to stretch them out in the

Presentation 101 dictates that you need to know your writing audience. Know them as much as you reasonably can. It’s doubtful that you’re g

What are your professional emails portraying you as? No doubt, you want the answer to be something positive. Personable. Polished. Prolific

If you’re thinking about starting a business blog for the new year, that’s awesome! And here’s sincerely wishing you the best success possib

Last week’s Professional Writing Tip introduced you to the concepts of being a “plotter” and a “pantser.” The first is a person who feels m

As I’ve written many times before, I’m all about freestyling when it comes to writing. That’s the way I write best 99 times out of 100. Mayb

If you want to be an effective, compelling, convincing dishonest writer, there are certain steps you need to take. Steps such as deliberate

This Professional Writing Tips series really should be renamed. After all, as admitted in last week’s “How to Be a Dishonest Writer: An Intr

It doesn’t take talent to be a dishonest writer who publishes dishonest writing. All it takes is a close-minded ideology, a keyboard and an

Last Thursday, we had a lively write-up about finding a balance between your expertise and that of your freelance copywriter. This is an ext

Most businesses need a copywriter at some point or another. It might be for new website content, advertising efforts, blog posts or special