by Leroy Hurt | Nov 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
A writer described how she uses Google Docs to make her productive as she works on a novel. Main point: “Docs provided me with the flexibility and resources I needed to power through my first draft, and I’ve discovered even more features while doing revisions...
by Leroy Hurt | Jan 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
The author of the linked article calls it the “rule of writing,” writing out your thoughts in a well-developed memo. Main point: “If you want to clarify your thinking, remember something important, or communicate something clearly, write it...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 30, 2021 | Academic writing
Don’t make your academic writing emotive and grandiose.More about it:What the principle really means is to “avoid appeals to emotion and inflated claims.”In other words, you want to “clearly communicate ideas, information and arguments, not to...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 28, 2021 | Academic writing
In academic writing, don’t get long-winded. More about it:It’s tempting to get wordy so you can meet a word count requirement. If you use my 3-part approach to writing, you will never have that problem.A variation is finding longer words via a thesaurus....
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 26, 2021 | Academic writing
Make sure your academic writing doesn’t get personal.More about it:That’s because “the text should focus on the research itself” rather than the author’s reflections.Unlike less formal writing like this blog article, don’t use...
