This is for all you college seniors and recent graduates out there. Have you ever given up reading a blog post with line after line of solid text? Have you ever had a professor return an essay marked “C+”, and tell you your sentences were too long and your paragraphs too short? Do you ever …
Some people love grammar, some people hate grammar. Some people love serving dutifully as the “grammar police,” while others enjoy ridiculing grammar fanatics. I’m going to let you in on a little secret most people don’t know: grammar can be arbitrary. Really. In English, some of our most rigid “rules” have no basis historically. They …
If you are struggling to write something—whether it’s a resume, personal statement, business document, or even social media content—you may succumb to tried-and-true procrastination techniques. Checking email constantly? Seeing what’s happened in the news in the past 10 minutes? Writing a list of the things you need to do today and including things like “Wake …