Does your email signature on your smartphone contain the following disclaimer? Sent from [insert smartphone model here]. Please excuse misspellings, typos and grammatical errors. Sorry, it won’t save you. This post is being typed on a smartphone, but I don’t expect you to excuse any errors. In fact, I’m embarrassed when I spot an error,Continue reading “Why Grammar Still Matters (Even on a Smartphone)”
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Editing: Your Path to Divinity (and Divine Writing)
Prewriting ✓ Drafting ✓ Revising ✓ Don’t put down the red pen yet. Now, it’s time to edit. Wait, didn’t we just do that? No, we revised our writing. Revising and editing go hand-in-hand, but they focus on different results. While revising makes your work sound good, editing makes your work look good. In the world of writing,Continue reading “Editing: Your Path to Divinity (and Divine Writing)”
The Power of the (Red) Pen
“To write is human, to edit is divine.” -Stephen King When I was in school, there was nothing I hated more than the red pen. Teachers would use it to correct mistakes on your paper and make suggestions. As a perfectionist, I attributed any red marks to failure, which was not high on my to-doContinue reading “The Power of the (Red) Pen”
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