Today’s installment of The Red Pen is about the appositive, a grammatical construction that you probably never knew existed — but if you do, you saw what I just did there and can probably stop reading. …
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How to Write Content People Will Actually Read
1. Don’t Dumb It Down. As an editor, simplifying or dumbing your writing down is one of those writer “tips” that drive me up a wall. It comes from the outdated notion of the fabled “5th grade reading level.” Editors…
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How to Deal With Feedback & Use it to Your Advantage
Regardless of what you do in life, you are bound to deal with criticism at some point, whether at school, work, or home. When you are a freelance writer you are even more likely to deal with criticism. This criticism…
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5 Tips to Avoiding Freelance Writing Burn Out
Thanks for tuning into another installment of the QualityGal freelance writers blog! Recently, I’ve been asked how to avoid getting too deep into freelance work and becoming ‘burnt out’ and overwhelmed with assignments. It’s the nature of the industry; we…
Do Rhetorical Questions Add Value to Your Content?
In academic writing, and in most QualityGal freelance writing work, rhetorical questions are not appropriate. A rhetorical question is one for which no answer is required or expected. These are used in written text when the writer assumes that the…
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