As a team of one in the field of marketing and communications, editing my own work is a daily challenge. As time-consuming as it may be to check and re-check, it’s worth every last character not to ...

In an era where everyone with a laptop thinks they’re destined for literary stardom, the art of self-editing remains the secret weapon separating the amateurs from the pros. Think of it as the ...

The actress and author Louise Brooks, who began her working life as a Jazz Age flapper and concluded it as an acclaimed essayist, described her writing process this way: “Writing is 1% inspiration — ...

Nothing is worse than bad writing. It’s recognizable within the first few sentences – either consciously or subconsciously. Bad writing is full of “noise”; it contains complicated words and ideas, and ...