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How ya’ll use language (or is that you guys?)!

Rich — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:02:53 +0000

For those of you who have not read Tim Ferriss’s book, The 4 Hour Work Week, get up, walk away from your computer, get in your car, drive to your bookstore, buy it, find a shady bench and READ IT! And then when you get home, check out his blog. I say this because (1) he’s [...]

Write like a blogger

Rich — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:12:46 +0000

Seth Godin, guru to the online masses, just posted a very interesting blog entry about how to improve your writing. He’s specifically talking about blogging but his advice can be just as easily applied to any kind of writing. As I’ve said, it’s not the medium that matters but the words you use and how you [...]

WikiSummaries - Like CliffNotes but online

Rich — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:18:12 +0000

I just read a great post on ToDoOrElse.com about WikiSummaries (www.wikisummaries.com). It’s a site where you can find summaries of books and articles so you don’t have to read the entire thing. Great for when you need to know the gist of a book or article (even Shakespeare’s plays) but don’t have the time or [...]

What is ‘good writing’?

Rich — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:43 +0000

So what is ‘good writing’? How do you define what is ‘good writing’ and what isn’t? For many people, it’s probably subjective. It’s based on what you like. Some people like long, flowing sentences that express a great deal of information, whether descriptive or hard facts, and give a complete, well-defined thought. Others prefer short sentences. [...]

Welcome to WriteBetterBlog

Rich — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:15:27 +0000

Thanks for checking out my blog. Here you’ll have the opportunity to learn (or re-learn) tons of tricks that will improve your writing. After all, we all have to write everyday. Whether just writing a quick email to a friend or drafting a long report for our bosses, we all have to put pen to paper [...]