Innovative Editing

Just for the record, “just” is a four-letter word. What’s wrong with it? In order to explain that, we need to first define this seemingly s

This may come as a surprise to anyone who knows an uptight editor, but I love my job. How can I not when I’m constantly learning? Every edi

Before we bring pirate romances into the picture, a question. Have you ever heard of Jordan Peterson? Take one of his professorial lectures

One of Innovative Editing’s three focuses is on businesses that don’t have time to do their own writing. As such, I spend about an hour twic

I know creative writing prompts are usually thought of as, well, creative writing prompts. But the truth is that professional writers can le

Here’s an important blogging tip for all you SEO-obsessed writers out there: Google hates long sentences. Being a fan of long sentences mys

Last week, I happened to listen to “DEBATE! Niko House v. Matt Christiansen on Michael Bennett’s Arrest.” And it was bad. Like really bad. 

This morning, I posted a book writing-related blog post titled, “Genuine Writers and Authors Challenge Their Biases – Repeatedly.” It’s part

If your paid nine to five job is to write articles or blog posts or summaries, then of course you’re going to be writing articles or blog po

Remember last week’s professional writing tip about cutting down on your word count? Well, this week’s is about upping it with some...

Back in high school, I heard a writing teacher once say that every written sentence needed to be reduced to its simplest state. In other wor

When was the last time you read a full article, whether it was online or in print; something in your CNN or Fox News feed, a blog post or so

Any good professional should know other people in their general business. For Innovative Editing, that means interacting with other writers

If you’re a business blogger – or a blogger in general – you’ll want to keep one technical writing tool in mind whenever possible: hyperlink

Although I suppose I first became an entrepreneur back in 2013 when I started Innovative Editing as a side job, I didn’t start running it as

In the long list of grammar terms implemented into the English language, there’s one two-word concept called an Oxford comma. Its definition

If you want to annoy an editor, here’s a surefire way to do it: Use double spaces between your sentences. In other words, you have one sent

The structure of your report, blog post, advertisement, article or professional whatnot matters. You can have the most impressive vocabular

Okay my writing friends, let’s get real about what we put down on paper or out there on the internet. We all have our catchphrases and voca

Sometimes, short really is sweet – and I’m not just saying that because I’m short myself. I’m saying that as one of those nitwits who scroll