How to Create Writing Quotes for Website Content & Copy, SEO Articles, Ezine Articles, Advertorials, and Press Releases

A professional writing quote should be clear, concise, and informative. The goal is to tell the client exactly what you’re going to do for them and how you’re going to do it. The more detailed and professional the quote, the better chance you have of nailing the job. Tip: for maximum effectiveness, make good use [...]

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Back on Track and Writing for Wikipedia

If you’re looking for specific information about writing, editing, or the like, please let us know; we can probably help. If you have writing or editing questions you’d like answered, leave a comment and we’ll reply. Recently there have been a slew of questions about writing for Wikipedia. Writing for Wikipedia is actually quite easy; [...]

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Today’s Troublesome Tripe: Techno-babble

Bad technical writing. It screams at you from every proprietary page of a comprehensive, network-enabled, specialized technology and advanced application company’s website… What? Welcome to the land of techno-babble. Fraught with pitfalls, sinkholes and swamps, it is a land where heavy paragraphs drag you down; sentences trip you up; your eyes glaze over strange words; and service pages provide hazy “solutions.” Sadly, [...]

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Leave the Suffix -ize Alone

A growing phenomenon in the world of words is the use of the suffix -ize. Though it’s acceptable to summarize and harmonize in good taste, there’s rarely, if ever, a reason to utilize or prioritize. Don’t smack -ize onto a noun to create a verb. It sounds worse and a better word always exists. The word utilize is especially annoying. Use [...]

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Using Public Domain Resources to Find Free Books, Free Style Guides, Free Dictionaries, and More!

Find Resources at websites like Project Gutenberg and Bartelby’s.com. Public Domain webisites like Project Gutenberg and Bartleby.com are gold mines if you’re looking for free literature or verse, style and grammar guides, and more.  They provide a plethora of work pre-1920′s, and its all free for you to devour at your pleasure. Project Gutenberg offers [...]

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