Tip 1: Redundant Personal Pronouns

Why ‘I did it myself’ won’t doDelete thisAs promised, this week begins a series of five posts that will improve your writing without you writing a word.Ctrl+f Delete: The secret to better writingMy favorite literary gibe of all time is Truman Capote...

On Practical Action

What’s new with Write To SuccessThe Write To Success Substack is closing in on its first anniversary.Thank you for being here, and diving into its sea of think pieces, interviews, rants, etc. In the coming year, Write To Success will focus on delivering...

On the Crazy Writer Trope

How circumstances shape life chancesWhile I cherish the idea of autonomy, life experience and research argue persuasively that my choices (while still choices) are rooted in the soil of where I was born, to whom, how I was raised and what it took to get...

On Charting a Course

Why self-awareness never comes too late“I wish I could do it over again.”My husband looked askance: “You wish you weren’t here?”That wasn’t — isn’t — what I wish at all. But helping high school students craft college application essays had me wishing that someone had...

On Women's Language

Or, Why it’s hard to be heardI’ve been preparing course materials for an A-level English Language course and, among a slew of handouts left over from previous teachers, found this assessment of Robin Lakoff’s ‘Language and Woman’s Place’:“As you can see, [hers...

Write Like A Pro: Andrew Doty

Writing insights from the Editwright Publishing Consultancy founder Welcome to Write Like a Pro — where experts from diverse fields and industries discuss how writing supports their professional success. In this interview Andrew Doty, founder of boutique publishing...