May 2012
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Last Thursday, we began looking at ways to be more clear in your writing by eliminating redundancies and overwriting, and choosing simple words when appropriate. Today, let’s look at how the right word also helps your reader grasp your meaning. Alive or dead? Perfect words are the difference between writing that leaps off the page…
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In these posts, with the author’s permission, we look at their work pre-editing and post-editing—and at what I did to improve the piece. This week’s edit comes to you courtesy of Larry Timm. Larry is fairly new to writing, but certainly not to communicating. He’s been a pastor for many years and, in addition to…
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“The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.” Norbert Platt This is one of the things I love most about writing–it makes me think deeply. What about writing helps you regain your equilibrium? Michael Ehret, for…
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If you’re writing an article for a magazine or a novel your end goal is to have what you wrote read and understood. Why is it, then, that when you have a friend or critique group member read a piece they sometimes don’t get it? Are they just thick? Could be you have an issue…
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You’ve heard the phrase, “There’s a fine line between ‘this’ and ‘that’.” I see fine lines everywhere–between being ready for publication and being published, for instance. Imagine you’re a tightrope walker. The secret to keeping your balance, other than intense practice, is to focus on where you’re going. Look down and you’re history. Communication is…
Writing On The Fine Line 