Communicating

Write like a pro: seven top hints for new writers

Seven top hints for new writers

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Democracy, dictatorship and anarchy: who makes the rules of good English?

English is a mongrel language, one that has evolved over a long period of time, and continues to change. So who decides what the rules of language should be?

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Is your writing a waste of time?

Writing that isn’t clear is a waste of time – both the reader’s time and the writer’s.

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Seeing through the fog – write how you talk, part 3

Writing clearly does not mean dumbing down. Writing clearly requires more intelligence, not less. It requires more knowledge, not less.

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Who reads the second paragraph? Lessons in writing from Lemmon and Matthau

Journalists summarise the whole story in the first paragraph, and expand on the detail as they go along.

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How to communicate

There’s no such thing as a failure of understanding, only a failure to communicate effectively.

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