by Pat Iyer | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Video, Writing Skills
In an age of texting and emoticons, it is easy to make writing mistakes. When communication can be as brief as “?,” grammar may seem like something that only old and uptight people find necessary. (Like me.) At some point this may become true, but we’re not there yet....
by Pat Iyer | Jan 26, 2019 | Blog, Grammar, Video, Writing Skills
Avoid these top 3 grammatical mistakes if you want to present yourself as a skilled writer. Use of the apostrophe Last week I was setting up books on a table for a book sale. One of the books I came across was called “Cave of the Bat’s”. I was horrified, not by the...
by Pat Iyer | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog, Writing Skills
You’ve heard people use filler phrases when they talk: “Um”, “Well”, “Really”, or “Like”. Are you guilty of using filler phrases in your writing? I heard about a writer who set the goal of removing one unnecessary...
by Pat Iyer | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog, Video, Writing Skills
You can write the best story ever told, but without a good headline, I won’t read your article. Experts estimate that 80 to 90 percent of people who read a headline won’t go on to read an article because the headline didn’t grab their attention. That doesn’t...
by Pat Iyer | Dec 8, 2018 | Blog, Video, Writing Skills
Bloated writing, like a bloated stomach after a big meal, can put you to sleep. Is your writing lean? Have you ever read a piece of writing that bored you without your knowing why? You started reading it because you had an interest in the subject, but you found...
by Pat Iyer | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog, Writing Skills
Why should you use a list? Lists improve the readability of your material. They make it easy to cluster information in a format that can be quickly scanned. Also, lists are useful for breaking up a long sentence into a more reader friendly format. Readers appreciate a...
