How Writers on TV Can Inspire Your Journalism Career (Or Not)
Five tongue-in-cheek tips on how to be a successful journalist by following the rules of fictional characters. BY KRISTIE BANKS You want to be a writer, a journalist. You want to be someone with integrity and ethics, someone who asks all the right questions and tries to get the inside scoop. You’re not inspired by […]
Enhance Your Writing by Avoiding These Words
When reading a piece of writing, whether it’s a blog, an email or an article, you may find tell-tale signs that it’s written by an amateur. Some words add no meaning to the narrative; they’re either redundant or weak words that could be replaced. Use these tips to level up your writing by sounding less […]
Should You Use Colloquial Language, Slang, and Jargon in Your Writing?
The short answer is it depends. Let’s start by looking at what colloquial language is. It can be defined as ‘casual and conversational language, usually specific to a region.’ The word colloquial comes from the Latin word colloquium, meaning ‘speaking together’ or ‘conversation’. English is spoken in the USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, among other […]