Some might use this time of the year to air out their houses, but we suggest embracing the spirit of deep cleaning by brushing up on these writing rules.
Improve your media relations efforts by making sure you have clean copy. Consider these tips.
Getting out of a creative funk can prove difficult, even in the best of circumstances. Try these prompts and strategies to get the words flowing again—and meet your tightest deadlines.
Communication is essential to landing your messages, but many writers gum up the works with common clogs. Here’s what to look for and how to eliminate them.
The holiday has communicators airing their linguistic grievances. Do adverb abuses, misplaced punctuation marks or misused homonyms great—that is, grate—on you the most?
Grabbing a reporter’s attention can all come down to your subject line. Here’s what PR veterans suggest should guide your efforts to be pithy and exhaustive at the same time.
Good writing is a discipline. Here are some bad practices that all writers should weed from their daily routines.
One errant tweet can launch your client into internet infamy. Follow these guidelines to weed out errors and produce cleaner copy.
It’s no fun having your copy thrashed and throttled by a ruthless editor, but constructive feedback is essential for professional—and personal—growth.
Although everyone writes at his or her own speed, some wordsmiths crank out pages at a dizzying pace. Adopt these routines to ramp up your word count.
Stand up, get exercise, and give your eyes a break. Don’t neglect sleep, and emerge frequently from your lair.
Most communicators started writing for personal reasons, and it can be difficult to find the time and inspiration to write for yourself after a day of banging out copy for clients.
If you’re producing social media posts or writing pitches surrounding these and other sporting events, take these guidelines into consideration. They can help you perfect your copy.
Take some of the mess and stress out of creating copy with helpful tools like Hemingway, Paragraphs, Flowstate, ZenPen and Blankpage.
Skipping the proofreading phase, not providing data, being overly promotional and not thinking of your readers can make your copy fall flat. This infographic outlines missteps to avoid.
