How Paper Length Correlates to Paper Depth

the length of the paper, whether it’s measured by words or pages, indicates how deeply…

Expert Tips for Editing Quickly

In today’s post, I’ll offer some tips and thoughts to help complete the editing phase…

Easy Guide to Useful Bullet ‘n Numbered Lists

Efficiency, clarity, and simplicity: these are the benefits to be enjoyed by a good, well-placed…

Fact-Checking Your Content in the AI Era

Short Stories Aren’t Supposed to Be Mini-Novels: 1/3

A good short story doesn’t work like a novel. Generally speaking, a novel has at…

Structure Your Sentences Like a Professional

In today’s post, I will review the basic types of sentences and offer some tips…

Research, Creativity, and Data Saturation

Research is the cornerstone of nonfiction, from business reports to academic meta-analyses. At some point…

Agrarian Idioms (English and the Farmer), Part 2

The English-speaking world. like the rest of the planet, is rapidly urbanizing, so the original…

Agrarian Idioms (English and the Farmer), Part 1

The English language as we know it developed and flourished in the countryside. Let's look…

Logical Fallacies 3: After This, Therefore Because of This

This fallacy occurs when an argument consists of the following:  something (A) was caused by…

Opt for a Rough Truth Over a Smooth Lie

Truth is no use to anyone if it cannot be plainly understood, , but if…

Epigram, Epigraph, and Epitaph: A Simple Guide

In today’s post, I bring to you another post about commonly confused words: epigram, epigraph,…

Plain Writing IV: Your Work in the Crucible

We end our series with a topic that most of us never consider in our…

Creating Great Flyers: Common Errors to Look Out For

In today’s post, I will outline three rules for creating great flyers and other printed…

Plain Writing 3: Discerning Mechanics & Media

We're talking about the need to know and follow the mechanics and consider the medium…

Turabian Style and What It’s For

n today’s post, I’ll provide information about Turabian Style and offer some comparisons between it…

Plain Writing 2: Getting Your Duck/Points in a Row

Let's investigate some strategies for organizing your project to meet three metrics: readers should be…

A Doomed Argument, Straw Man, and Hasty Generalization

With both straw man arguments and hasty generalizations, the level and quality of detail and…

Plain Writing: Your Audience and Its Goals

The directive "write with your audience in mind” seems like no-brainer advice, but many writers…

What Makes Up Circular Arguments & Red Herrings?

There are quite a few specific types of formal and informal logical fallacy: begging the…