What is a writing voice?
A written voice is made of the words you use, the way you use them and the character they come together to create. Try this exercise to practice your written voice.
Plan Your Writing
On my write your own website course, we use this template as a starting point for longer-form writing, say blogs, case studies and even newsletters,
A poem
So if you want words to really work hard
Online or offline
I’m in your back yard
The before and after of edited writing
Encouraging children to recraft and be brave enough to make big change
Five reasons to use the passive voice
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Breaking the passive habit
There are five good reasons for using the passive, aside from those, using the active is by far the more preferable […]
What does your font say about you?
I’ve just read this rather entertaining piece in the Guardian about Comic Sans, the eternally hated font, and it got […]
When writing is your north, your south, your east, your west
Recently I was asked why I write. For some reason it annoyed me! This is my slightly ranty response explaining […]
Paper to digital: a year on (2013)
I’ve just got back from shopping for my son’s mountain of school things for the beginning of term. And one of those […]
20 sentence patterns you can’t ignore
I’ve been working and researching sentences almost daily, now, for over a year. Yes I’m a word-nerd, but there you […]