Plagiarism: The Eighth Deadly Sin

Plagiarism: The Eighth Deadly Sin

It may not rank with the traditional seven deadly sins of pride, greed, wrath, gluttony, lust, gluttony, and sloth, but plagiarism can wreck your writing career much more effectively. One of the issues that comes up frequently in terms of material generated by...
How to Engage with an Active Voice

How to Engage with an Active Voice

While newer writers fall more easily into telling rather than showing in their work, experienced writers don’t have immunity. Here are some ways to use active voice to keep readers. How Much of Your Writing Employs the Active Voice? You can identify passive voice by...
Plagiarism: The Eighth Deadly Sin

How to Use AI to Create Titles

Writing a title can be difficult. Many of us struggle to describe the essence of what we’ve written in a few words in a way that both engages potential readers and contains the keywords that will rank well on search engines. Have you used AI to create titles? Coming...
How to Be Clear When You Write

How to Be Clear When You Write

You need more than the ability to write concisely to keep your readers. One of the seven deadly writers’ sins is to confuse your reader. When they have to pause to figure out what you’re saying, they lose the drift of what you’re writing, and you may lose a reader. ...