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.

Worktalk Writamins: Avoid Reply-All Fiascos

[4 minutes to read] A senior executive in an international corporation confided to a fellow…

Most people think that writing errors occur when we set our fingers on the keyboard…

Worktalk Writamins: Watch your tone! The Goldilocks Approach

[5 minutes to read] When I was growing up, my parents used to say, “Watch your…

Worktalk Writamins: Managing inbox overload

[6 minutes to read] “There are days where I literally sit down at my computer and…

Worktalk Writamins: Reduce subjectivity by using check readability statistics

[4 minutes to read] Feedback on writing can seem very personal. It’s easy for the…

Worktalk Writamins: For lack of a name, the relationship was lost

Arianne, a staff scientist at a regional utility, said she got an email from her…

Worktalk Writamins: Call me if you need me, write with verbs

You have two friends. One day, you have a problem. Maybe you break your leg,…

Worktalk Writamins: The "Only" comma - who knew?

[5 minutes to read] I am reading Benjamin Dreyer’s new book, Dreyer’s English. That’s what grammar…

Monthly Writamins: Are you asking or telling

[4 minutes to read] How using the wrong punctuation can create confusion. “Can you schedule…

Worktalk Writamins: Punctuation - secrets of the semicolon

Many people suffer from secret feelings of stupidity because they don’t know how to use…

Worktalk Writamins: When to Use a Comma Before And

Writers often struggle over the gnarly question of whether to put a comma before the…

Apostrophes are scattered like snowflakes across the landscape of today’s writing. People who are not…

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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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