by Margot Lester | What-Not
Using AI to write first drafts? I've updated my revision playbook with specific guidance for tuning up what the model churns out. Download the free guide now! (The tips work great for those of you still writing your own stuff, too!) For the last four years, I've led a...
by Margot Lester | Best of Our Blog
Posts about interesting words or kinds of words are always popular, and this quarter was no exception. Tips on revising were also popular. So were ideas for advocacy and resistance. Sign of the times, I suppose. Top posts for Q3 Squinting modifiers was the most-read...
by Margot Lester | What-Not
Writing is an intensely personal pursuit. And one that, for a lot of us, comes with a raft of feelings, many of which aren't good. And then there's SPUG—spelling, punctuation, usage and grammar—that makes it even more angsty. It's no wonder we lack confidence about...
by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
April is National Card and Letter Writing Month, and while it's likely a not-so-cunning ploy to get us all to buy more stationery, I'm taking a less cynical view right now. Because cards and letters are important for all kinds of reasons. A lot of us are sending...
by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
I love discovering new terms. Here's a good one: metonym: a figure of speech in which a thing/idea is called by the name of something closely associated with it, like "suits" for business executives. These folks aren't actual articles of clothing, of course, but the...
