Writamins

Writamins writing tips give you brief,
actionable insights into business writing and email effectiveness.
They have appeared every month since 1999.

Choosing the Right Word

These Writamins clarify commonly confused word pairs and clue you in to the correct forms of popular idioms. When you want to make sure you’re using the right word, look here.

In today’s world, email is business writing. The right email can seal a deal, and the wrong email can destroy a relationship. These Writamins provide immediately useful tips on using email to power up your business relationships. Read these before you hit send.

Grammar and Punctuation

People judge your intelligence and competence by your grammar and punctuation. Avoid making rookie writing errors: Follow these easy-to-read tips.

Thoughts on Writing

These Writamins cover larger writing issues such as the power of purpose, how to overcome procrastination, and the importance of rhetorical tools such as repetition.

Writing Well

Essential business writing knowledge appears in this set of Writamins. To quickly brush up on your writing skills, look here.

Writing within organizations

Organizations are minefields of murky writing, revision resentment, and communication-based productivity loss. These Writamins offer actionable tips to energize writing within an organization.

As somatic coach Thomas Rosenberg points out, the congruence between a leader’s actions and words…

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” This quote is attributed…

Writing is a great tool for business success – it generates sales, improves productivity, and…

To make a professional impression, avoid starting emails with Hey. While some readers find it…

You would think that when a person applies for a new job, they would take…

Critical thinking is essential to good decision-making. Learn these four skills to help you become…

“Words such as rather, pretty, very, and little are the leeches that infest the body of prose, sucking…

As Mark Twain said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word…

Avoid annoying your readers by eliminating these problem phrases.

Your subject line largely determines whether your readers open your email. If the subject line doesn’t grab…

An idiom is a phrase that fluent speakers generally understand and that would not make sense if…

Gratitude builds bridges. People who feel appreciated are happier, healthier, and more productive. Learn how…

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Liz is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has deep insights into the writing process. I had met Liz before in an introductory session and I knew my staff could benefit from her teaching, My staff immediately started getting more responses to their emails after Liz’s course on email effectiveness. Her thoughts are so valuable and are “right-on” with respect to speaking to your audience, which is so easily overlooked in our daily “busy-ness”. I wholeheartedly recommend her to any business that is trying to improve its internal and external communication.”

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