Tag: concision

6 tips for editing your own work — and why you should solicit feedback from others

Improve your Writing

January 27th, 2021

Be honest: if you sent me a piece of your writing, and I sent it back marked up like the page at the right, would you feel insulted? I know it’s sobering to see words you’ve carefully committed to paper marked up in red ink by a critic who deems your prose something short of […]

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Clear speech advocate writes; Twitter sh*t storm erupts.

Effective Communication

May 24th, 2019

These are just a few of the exchanges provoked by the Toronto Star’s recent publication of a commentary I wrote about the downside of filler phrases. Many of those who responded on Twitter took issue with my apparent ageism. (Although I referenced recent interaction with young people, I also mentioned that the habit isn’t confined to […]

read more...Clear speech advocate writes; Twitter sh*t storm erupts.