Innovative Editing

Quotation marks. They’re probably not the most understandable type of punctuation. That title would go to such simple things as periods, que

You’re writing a serious article or blog post about serious stuff. Therefore, you should get right to the point. Right? If that’s your way o

Bullet points, those lovely list-organizing tools that push points over a tab to make them really stand out. What professional writer wouldn

I’m not a numbers girl. I used to be somewhat decent at them. And I still like them very much even though adding two and two can sometimes

My fiancé and I are currently looking for a house. So we’re talking to a realtor and a loan officer who’s helping us apply appropriately. We

Before we begin our discussion about facts, here’s a non-manipulated one. It’s a warning, actually, since I don’t want to blindside anyone.

If you want to be an effective business writer, don't automatically assume all your readers will know exactly what you're talking about. Bec

This is going to be the last installment of my SEO title-writing tips series… mainly because this then exhausts the limits of my SEO title-w

Last time we talked about this topic, I mentioned how pointless I find search engine optimization (SEO) for small businesses. It’s a big bus

f you’re determined to try to use SEO to your advantage, we’re tackling SEO tips in titles today. So come along. What you learn below might

Have you ever seen The Lego Movie? I haven’t, Lego fan though I am. But I still know the plot and that “Everything Is Awesome” song. It goes

If you’re writing a piece criticizing someone else’s position – a perfectly legitimate piece to write – the best way you can delegitimize yo

The longer your required word count, the more time it’s going to take to write. Right? That’s an understandable assumption. A logical one ev

I realized something the other day. Something really, really big, in fact, that can apply to life in general and writing in particular. Unle

Here’s question 1: Have you ever heard the “don’t split an infinitive” writing rule? And here’s question 2: Have you ever wondered what in a

I hate being repetitive. Truly. But some things need to be said repeatedly. And this is one of them. Too much emphasized text doesn’t emphas

I’ll never forget the first time I watched the movie version of Chicago with Catherine Zeta Jones and Renée Zellweger. It’s about two utterl

This post really isn’t about writing so much. It’s more of a rant against online expectations and presentations. But since online expectatio

What are your professional emails portraying you as? No doubt, you want the answer to be something positive. Personable. Polished. Prolific.

There’s admittedly a miles-long list of mistakes that irritate editors. We’re a very touchy lot. I'm sad to say. It’s part of why I was (and