by Margot Carmichael Lester | Feb 28, 2023 | Writing/How to Write
Grammar is one of the most polarizing topics within writing communities, second only, perhaps, to the Oxford/serial comma issue that Pete Andersen and I famously debated here. There's a reason sticklers for grammatical perfection are often not-so-affectionately called...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Jan 24, 2023 | Writing/How to Write
Apparently, January 23 is National Handwriting Day. My handwriting is pretty bad, so instead of a post about handwriting, let's talk about hand-writing. (Thanks, hyphen!) First, let me be clear that I'm not talking about the writing we see in those beautiful...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Jan 10, 2023 | Writing/How to Write
Every writer, even those of us who do write for a living, can get better. It does take some effort, but it isn't that hard. Here are 12 questions to ask about your writing (or someone else's writing) to guide revision and produce results. The tip sheet is an...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Dec 13, 2022 | Writing/How to Write
One of the ways you can make your reports stand out more -- in a good way -- is to make it easier to consume. Here are two easy-to-execute ways to do that. The cool thing about these two tactics is they're intuitive and easily implementable. You read a ton of reports...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Dec 6, 2022 | Writing/How to Write
'Tis the season, and if you've got writers on your list, I've got some gift ideas for you. (These are my personal views -- I'm not being compensated by anybody.) Journals: a great gift idea for writers I love a good journal. They're useful in so many ways. For meeting...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Nov 22, 2022 | Best Practice, Writing/How to Write
There's all kinds of research out there that employees want to work for companies that share their values and support their lives. That's why your job ad copy should of course include the usual suspects -- general responsibilities, specific tasks and projects, salary,...
