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.

A friend recently told me that she was laying low until after New Year’s. Alarm…

[4-minute read] When I was in my 20s, I worked for a Japanese import/export company…

[6-minute read] “I emailed him three times and he didn’t respond. What should I do?”“I…

[4-minute read] An online film review gushes that This movie is imminently watchable. I suppose the…

[4-minute read] Do you edit as you write? If so, your writing process might go…

To write clearly, we need to avoid hedging phrases like “I wanted to…” or “I’d…

“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until…

Monthly Writmains: Acronyms and Apostrophes

[4-minute read] Several Writamins readers have asked me how to use apostrophes with acronyms. An acronym is…

Eight seconds. That’s about how long you have until your reader decides whether to keep…

Worktalk Writamins: Simplify Your Sentences

Research has proven that the ideal average length for a sentence is 10 to 17…

Worktalk Writamins: Assigning Writing Projects Successfully

[4-minute read] Do you ever feel frustrated by your team members’ writing? In my experience,…

Worktalk Writamins: Best Words to Use in a Crisis

[5-minute read] Never use a long word when a short one will do. — George Orwell…

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Participantin Online Writing Program

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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