As you may have noticed, I deal a lot with words. I write daily and often am asked to help rewrite work done by someone else. I edit. I came across this tweet the other day from Fiona Talbot “Discussion in today's Times: does poor spelling mean your writing is bad? What do you think?” … Continue reading Do Poor Spelling and Grammar Mean Your Writing is Bad?
It’s the little words that count
I am attempting not to offend or miscommunicate by learning to choose my words a bit more carefully. In a recent e-mail I used entire, when I should have used partial. This lead to a misunderstanding for everyone who read the e-mail. After a five-minute follow-up phone call, everything was clear. While I needed to … Continue reading It’s the little words that count
Assume Everyone is Listening
I’m reverting back to the kindergarten rule of” Or at least I am really going to try to follow that completely. A recent conversation I had trying to fix someone’s writing got misinterpreted and the person’s feeling’s got hurt. In retrospect, I could have gone about reading it out loud a little nicer (an editing … Continue reading Assume Everyone is Listening
Un-Inspiration
I enjoy writing. But lately it has become more of an item to cross off my to-do list than something that excites me. I’ve set aside the children’s book I’ve been working on for about a decade to focus on more tangible projects, but every day I get more and more un-inspired and completing those … Continue reading Un-Inspiration