Your knowledge of internet grammar is important to the perceived quality of your online content. When you know your stuff, you portray yourself as sharp, smart, savvy, and updated. Readers trust you. Haters (if you have any) can’t point out your flaws. But becoming an expert in capitalization isn’t poring over a heavy grammar book … Read more
Common errors in English grammar are as plentiful as teen girls at a K-Pop concert. Actually, maybe even more plentiful. With schools loosening up on spelling and diction requirements, more people are wandering the content wilderness bereft of the basic knowledge they need to craft impactful content. Here’s what I mean. If you’re trying to … Read more
When it comes to fiction, publishers, writers, and editors are well aware of the deep structural importance of story structure, description, and flow. In the era of self-publishing and the misperception of nonfiction as ‘dry’ and uninspiring, content producers do not consider developmental editing as often as they should. This is an antiquated way of … Read more
Today, being a great copywriter also means being a great editor. Gone are the days of simply tapping out a piece and sending it off to an editor somewhere, who will clean it up, polish it, and make it ready for publication. Not only will this approach make your editors want to pull their hair … Read more
We’ve all been there: a time when a simple misspelling caused a big problem. I’ve watched a colleague write an entire report in which he misspelled “public” as “pubic” – as in “the department of pubic affairs.” Talk about embarrassing. When simple misspellings slip past a big company’s editors, though, the problems run deep. It … Read more
Need a writer? The people in the Pacific Northwest might… Imagine this, you’re driving there, and you see a farm stand coming into view on the horizon. Your mouth waters as you imagine the juicy produce, and your mind begins to fill with fantasies of fresh-picked cherries, strawberries, apples, raspberries, honeys and jams and maybe … Read more
Everyone makes them and everyone hates them. Typos are the bane of the Internet’s existence, creating turmoil for grammar Nazis and fodder for those who like to mock typos. Facebook understands how many typos are made and they created a way for users to correct their mistakes, but what happens when it comes to writing … Read more
In the world of online content, copy editors are many things. They’re the referees, the quality control, the champions of great writers, the seekers of incredible topics, and the organizational force that keeps the entire thing running. In many ways, copy editors make the internet go around, except that you’d never see them doing it. … Read more
If you’re reading this, then it’s safe to say that at least part of what you do during your workday, this day at least, involves writing. A staggeringly large number of professions involve writing to a certain degree, whether it’s penning e-mail correspondence as a customer service representative, typing up a new company compliance policy … Read more