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28 Aug 2020

How NOT to write a novel – from an established author

Many months ago (in 2019) I read an interesting article by Fay Weldon in a Sunday magazine. She is the

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10 Aug 2017

The dangers of failing to proofread

Put yourself in your readers’ shoes: how would you feel if you had received a document or publication from someone

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13 Jul 2017

The importance of humour in writing

Next to a plot or central purpose, humour is possibly the next most important ingredient of writing. Perhaps humour would not be welcomed in a textbook on physics or a philosophical discourse, but certainly for fiction, travel books, memoirs, and the like it can be a valuable way of injecting some character and light relief. There are several reasons for this.

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17 Jun 2016

Levels of proofreading

You might be forgiven for thinking that proofreading is proofreading – there are no variances in style or intensity. The

Academic, business and educational proofreading

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How NOT to write a novel – from an established author

The dangers of failing to proofread

The importance of humour in writing

Levels of proofreading