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Sep 18 2019

What Are Your Writing Rituals? Take a moment to think about the habits and conditions that help you write. If you can't identify any, that’s okay! This tip introduces rituals that lead to productive writing.

Sep 11 2019

Avoiding Unclear Pronouns Readers of business writing expect immediate clarity, so you should always make sure your pronouns clearly refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

Sep 4 2019

Unleash Engaging Comparisons Business correspondence sometimes gets a bad rap for being dull and lifeless. Explore how to breathe life into your writing—while also clarifying your ideas—through engaging comparisons.

Aug 28 2019

How to Focus Your Writing Writing that wanders off point or contains unrelated ideas is frustrating to read and difficult to understand. In other words, it lacks focus. Find out strategies for creating laser-focused writing.

Aug 21 2019

Where to Place Your Modifiers Take a closer look at how to avoid dangling and misplaced modifiers.

Aug 13 2019

6 Tricks for Catching Errors Explore simple editing tricks for keeping embarrassing writing errors from slipping through the cracks.

Aug 7 2019

Focusing on "You" Learn how and when to write directly to your audience using second person.

Jul 31 2019

Organizing for Understanding Learn how to use different patterns of organization to pave a clear path to understanding your writing ideas.

Jul 23 2019

Busting Through Writer's Block Does starting a writing project give you anxiety? All writers deal with writer’s block to some degree. While we can’t promise a magical cure, we can share two practices that help us get unstuck.

Jul 17 2019

Smooth Fixes for Choppy Sentences No one expects business correspondence to sound like a stanza from Maya Angelou, but workplace writing can have rhythm and flow. If your writing sounds choppy or repetitive, try combining sentences through coordination and subordination.

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