Perspectives on Writing

School vs Work Writing: When Your Suspicions Were Write All Along

Five years ago, I discovered my suspicions had been correct. I'd stopped teaching college and university writing after 20 years, and...

Writing to Build Community

Maybe you've heard the stories from your family and friends too, or maybe you're feeling it yourselves: Many of us remote workers are...

How's Your Writing EQ?

We've heard a lot about emotional intelligence in speaking and in relationships. But what about in our writing? Can writing also help us...

Top 3 Writing Goals for 2022

Hello, writers! That's right: We're *all* writers these days. We're all out there connecting with folks we've never met, through... you...

Lost in Interpretation?

We do our best to both inform and connect with our readers—especially these days, when we may never get to meet or talk with some of them...

Use Your Natural Writing Expertise

You don't need a degree in writing to have expertise in writing. In fact, the biggest experts in writing are readers. And that includes...

High Meaning, Low Real Estate

Did you know that if we use words high in meaning, we'll need fewer of them? We can actually say more, and provide more meaning for our...

Concise and Nice

Lately, I've received a lot of excellent questions from writers who want to write concisely but worry about sounding too curt, brief,...