Category: Writing
07
Jul
How Is Product Promotion Changing in the Publishing World?
by Brooke Francis
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We live in a digital world where social media reigns supreme. These changes affect how publishers approach the promotion of their products. Whoever we are,...
02
Jul
What You Should Know About Generative AI’s Editing Capabilities
by Elise Green
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Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, there have been questions about how it will affect creative industries. One study demonstrates what generative AI can...
25
Jun
Writing for Inclusive Game Design
by Eldin Ratliff
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When designing game instructions for accessibility, both visual design and rule writing can play a big role. In technical writing, we want to make instructions...
29
Apr
What Kind of Books Do Children Prefer to Read?
by Abby Andrus
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Writers, editors, and publishers can better cater to young readers if they understand what children like to read. Being so far removed from childhood, adults...
01
Apr
Technical Writing Skills You Need in the Workplace
by Sarah Griffin Anderson
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Technical writers must keep up with ever-evolving technology, and this research shows you the skills you’ll need to keep pace. As an editor and writer...
17
Apr
Writing and Editing Creative Nonfiction: Start Here
by Emma Rostrom
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As a writer or editor, you can improve your ability to work with creative nonfiction by learning about stylistic tendencies within the genre. The genre...
24
Apr
How to Write Teen Characters Without Sounding, Like, Too Old
by Aaron Green
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By integrating new styles of speech into dialogue, authors can give their characters distinctive, believable voices. Whether it’s the creation of new words, pronunciations, spellings,...
08
Apr
Can ChatGPT Fact-Check Your Writing?
by Katie Greene
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By understanding the limitations of using large language models for fact-checking, writers and editors can learn to use these tools productively. As large language models...
30
Nov
Consistency Is Key: Using Style Guides Effectively
by Payton Pingree
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While you may sometimes find style guides restrictive and tedious to follow, they provide the basic guidelines for creating clean, consistent, comprehensible text. Copy editing...
20
Jun
This Philosopher’s Use of the Em Dash Challenges Punctuation As We Know It
by Hannah Ackerman
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The work of one world-renowned German philosopher from the 1800s uses em dashes in unusual and innovative ways, challenging the rules of punctuation over a...
