John Gordon Ross

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Writing, Copywriting and Blogging

This page is about writing in the sense of more-or-less professional writing of substantial amounts of text. So it is not concerned with language doubts (like when to use ‘it’s’ or ‘its’ or whether a singular collective noun can take a plural verb form – try the Language Stuff page if that’s what you’re interested in), or advertising copywriting, which is a subworld all of its own. These are my favourite writing and copywriting feeds, plus a couple for those looking for writing gigs:

Copyblogger has moved » How to Add Color and Richness to Your Writing … Without Making Us Want to Barf

Wednesday 14 June 14:28:27 UTC 2017

Your job as a writer is to make your subjects clear and interesting. Assuming you aren’t working on the next Waiting for Godot, you’ll work to make sure your meaning is clear and easy to grasp. And assuming you aren’t editing Wikipedia, you’ll work to make it lively and fresh. But sometimes, well-meaning attempts to give your writing life end … [Link]

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