Innovative Editing

This is yet another professional writing post on how to make your words work for you. Specifically, we’re dealing with unnecessary prepositi

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

There’s a sometimes fine line between improving your abilities and accepting them. But at some point, it usually is best to acknowledge your

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

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

Writing in first-person perspective gets old – fast – in business writing. First-person perspective means the writer is directly inserting

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

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

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

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

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

This article isn’t entirely against hiring a ghostwriter. That’s why the title says “Be Cautious,” not “Avoid Completely.” There are some d

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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