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Sunday Wash-Up 30th August

Welcome to my Sunday Wash-Up. This post is for all the writers who cannot catch the information being passed around on the net, due to work or other commitments.

It is quite simply a collection of interesting writing based web pages that fluttered past me recently. Most links have come from Twitter and if these [...]

Do you know who your reader is?

Do you know who your reader is? Do you know what affects their reading pleasure? When you write, do you follow all the prescribed guidelines because you’ve been told they are what your reader wants? Funny that, I also thought I knew and I believed the guidelines to be truths.

I was talking to a [...]

Getting More From Critique Groups

When reading articles on critique groups, it amazes me just how much of the article is normally on how to behave. So in this post I am assuming you already know how to behave like an adult, even when insulted by some snot nosed…     
who has completely misunderstood…
and who has the spelling and grammar of a…

To [...]

Sunday Wash-Up 16th August

This post is a collection of interesting writing based web pages, for all the writers who cannot catch the information being passed around on the net, due to work or other commitments.

Strunk & White; Good Grammar Guide

The first edition of this important little book was published in 1918. Since then it has been extensively revised and has formed part of the backbone of writing wisdom for the last fifty years. How can you refuse a free copy of this literary excellence?

Sunday Wash-Up 9th August

This post is for all the writers who cannot catch the information being passed around on the net, due to work or other commitments.
It is quite simply a collection of interesting writing based web pages that fluttered past me recently.

Corrected Terminology for Technical Reports

Nothing shows up a new technical author’s inexperience more than using impulsive words in the technical report.

The following list is intended to help fledgling technical authors and engineers use corrected technical terms and so save personal embarrassment.

 

 

Corrected Terminology
Meaning

“It has long been known that…”
I haven’t bothered to look up the original reference.

“While it has not been [...]

Sunday Wash-Up 2nd August

This is quite simply a collection of interesting writing based web pages that fluttered past me recently. Most links have come from Twitter and if these little tweeting birds had elegant plumage, then whilst they perched on my desk, I quickly added their roosting details my list.