The goal of writing shouldn’t be to make your reader feel bad about having a smaller vocabulary than you. Good writing shouldn’t demand that the reader have a dictionary on hand just to read your sentences. Making the reader feel as if they are unqualified to read your writing is exactly…
Posts published in July 2019
If you’re reading this, you’re likely here to improve as a writer. If you’re looking to improve as a writer, it’s likely you write. Maybe you write for a living, maybe just as a hobby. Either way, if you write, it’s likely that you also edit. Editing is necessary for…
I have lived abroad in Southeast Asia nearly one full year now. People from home — balmy, halcyon California — still ask me what I’ve learned from leaving the country after graduation. Many of these conversations revolve around potential regrets (I have none) and decisions I would change if I could (also zilch here).…