Breaking Free From Unnecessary Prepositions
This is yet another professional writing post on how to make your words work for you. Specifically, we’re dealing with unnecessary prepositi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 19, 20182 min read
A Time to Go Negative
Going all negative isn’t always a bad thing.
This is the realization I came to last week after I realized I was taking a shower with a spid
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 12, 20183 min read
Own Your Writing Style
There’s a sometimes fine line between improving your abilities and accepting them. But at some point, it usually is best to acknowledge your
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Jeannette DiLouie
Apr 5, 20183 min read
But Wait! There’s More!
Most of us business writers don’t go to college with the express intent of producing scammy writing. So we don't think we need to take H
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 22, 20183 min read
Tons of Tips for Business Writers? Or Just One That Solves a Lot!
Looking for tips for business writers? Here’s one of the best you’ll ever find…
Don’t forget that your readers’ time is precious.
Your aud
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 15, 20183 min read
Can Writing in First-Person Perspective Drive Your Business Away?
Writing in first-person perspective gets old – fast – in business writing.
First-person perspective means the writer is directly inserting
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 8, 20182 min read
Repetition in Writing Done Well
Repetition in writing isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes it can make a truly positive impact on the reader.
Like right there. Those two se
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Jeannette DiLouie
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Repetitive Writing Is Repetitive Writing (i.e., Almost Always Bad)
Repetitive writing is almost always bad writing.
That’s not to say that repetition can’t be used well to drive a point home. But if an auth
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 22, 20182 min read
Make an Actual Positive Difference in the World With Your Writing
So many people say they want to make an actual positive difference in the world with their writing. And so many people think they have at le
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 8, 20183 min read
“I Want to Write a Novel?”
So you’ve admitted it. You’ve said the words out loud, even if just to yourself.
“I want to write a novel.”
But you’ve never done it befor
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Jeannette DiLouie
Feb 1, 20183 min read
Writing a Memoir: The Story of You
Some of us are blessed to lead “boring” lives, where we grow up in loving environments, become mature adults without too much trauma, and go
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 25, 20183 min read
2 (and a 1/2) Reasons to Be Cautious About Hiring a Ghostwriter
This article isn’t entirely against hiring a ghostwriter. That’s why the title says “Be Cautious,” not “Avoid Completely.”
There are some d
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 18, 20183 min read
Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?
So you want to write a business book about your area of expertise?
That’s great! I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who can use
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 11, 20182 min read
Do You Waste Way Too Much Time Writing Business Emails?
Are you one of those people who stresses out over every single business email you compose?
If so, you’re in similarly neurotic company here
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jan 4, 20183 min read
Can Quotation Marks Make Your Readers Doubt You?
On Tuesday, I was just finishing up a final editorial check of January’s Author of the Month post.
A prolific writer herself, this insightf
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 21, 20173 min read
3 Signs You’ve Gone Editorially Overboard and Need to Take a Chill Pill
Last week, we discussed four friendly tips on how to edit your business article or blog post. That piece gave the editorial advice to read o
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 14, 20172 min read
4 Friendly Tips on How to Edit Your Amazing Business Article (Or Blog Post)
You just wrote an amazing article. Or blog post. Or some other kind of business copy.
Whatever it is, you rocked it!
How do you know you r
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Jeannette DiLouie
Dec 7, 20173 min read
Ellipses and em-Dashes and Parentheses, Oh My!
Way back when I held the title of mere copyeditor instead of Chief Executive Editor… I worked with a lot of ellipses.
What’s an ellipses, a
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 30, 20173 min read
5 Attention-Grabbing Tips to Create a Clickable Headline
In the editorial world, as with every other aspect of human existence, names matter. Readers first judge a copy’s worth by its blog post tit
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Jeannette DiLouie
Nov 16, 20173 min read
An Editorial Rant Against Gender-Neutral Pronouns
This editor is going to go out on an anti-feminist limb and say how much she hates gender-neutral pronouns.
Yes, I’m female. Yes, I’m educa
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