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May 3, 20183 min read

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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Tons of Tips for Business Writers? Or Just One That Solves a Lot!

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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Can Writing in First-Person Perspective Drive Your Business Away?

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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Repetitive Writing Is Repetitive Writing (i.e., Almost Always Bad)

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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Make an Actual Positive Difference in the World With Your Writing

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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2 (and a 1/2) Reasons to Be Cautious About Hiring a Ghostwriter

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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Is This the Year You’re Going to Write a Business Book?

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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Do You Waste Way Too Much Time Writing Business Emails?

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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Can Quotation Marks Make Your Readers Doubt You?

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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3 Signs You’ve Gone Editorially Overboard and Need to Take a Chill Pill

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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4 Friendly Tips on How to Edit Your Amazing Business Article (Or Blog Post)

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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Ellipses and em-Dashes and Parentheses, Oh My!

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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5 Attention-Grabbing Tips to Create a Clickable Headline

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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An Editorial Rant Against Gender-Neutral Pronouns

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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