In ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ George Orwell used ‘doubleplusgood’ as a tepid modifier undermining expression. Today’s scribes need potent terms to convey magnificence. Try these descriptors.
Are you running low on inspiration? Here are starting points to get the creative juices flowing.
Improve your prose with tips and pointers from the experts at this April 5 virtual summit.
The Emerald Isle offers more creative power than you can shake a shillelagh at. Here are a few tips to get those green, Gaelic juices flowing throughout the year.
Do you have the right team in place and an accurate assessment of your current strategy? Here are some tips to help you find your content marketing sweet spot.
Whether you’re stuck on a dull assignment from your execs or you can’t find a topic for that external blog, journalists’ techniques can dynamite the logjam.
Brand managers keep churning out content seeking better SEO and more sales leads, but lackluster efforts will produce meager results. Here’s how to get back in the game.
For casual scribes, stringing words together can be a bit of a lark. Professional communicators, though, must adhere to higher standards. Embrace these practices for ongoing improvement.
Do you have hang-ups that keep you from your keyboard? The first step to defeating your fears is to name them.
Take a brisk walk outside, try listening to video game music, and save the editing for later. Above all, don’t stop putting words onto the page.
Communicators must stay sharp on their grammar and AP style to avoid irking journalist partners. Can you spot all the mistakes?
As another National Grammar Day arrives, we look again at the century-old ‘Elements of Style,’ which many writers find fusty and sexist. Still, it offers some timeless tips for today’s scribes.
Does the empty page give you anxiety? Here are some ways to develop a writing routine and avoid writers’ block.
100 years on, ‘The Elements of Style’ holds sway over generations of writers and editors, despite its sporadic contradictions to the go-to reference for modern journalists. Which do you follow?
Obscure signoffs can irk the recipient. They might even doom your future pitches to the spam folder. Here’s how to reply.
