Comments on: Seven Bad Writing Habits You Learned in School

By: 4 Ways to Find Your Online Voice

4 Ways to Find Your Online Voice — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:41:35 +0000

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By: Copywriting Tip: Banish "No Contractions" Rule | Dianna Huff

Copywriting Tip: Banish "No Contractions" Rule | Dianna Huff — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:02:30 +0000

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By: Virginia

Virginia — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:53:45 +0000

I love this article. I’ve been teaching writing for 11 years, and yet, when I started writing and editing for the industry, I realized, academic writing is just academic writing — well, people in the industry are sooooo busy, and they have no time for looooooooong essays with APA, Harvard, or MLA citation. Really. Writing is knowing the audience first, and academic writing isn’t fit for the industry… I think learning academic writing gives us a chance to “know the rules” and writing for the industry teaches us to “break the rules”. If we wanna be read by people in the industry, we better break the rules sometimes. . .

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A Story with a Lesson « Vest Advertising — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:25:52 +0000

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By: Hayley Huong

Hayley Huong — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:29:33 +0000

I agree with you in terms of writing for web.

Writing academic assignments is totally different.

The point is that we write for different types of audience.

The writing style, therefore, needs to be flexible to come up to their expectations.

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Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:44:15 +0000

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By: This Week in PR Blogs and Articles – August 20 « Desiree Writes

This Week in PR Blogs and Articles – August 20 « Desiree Writes — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:42:23 +0000

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By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:54:36 +0000

Great topic for freelance writers.

Awesome post.

By: 13 Deadly Blogging Ideas for students | Cre8tive Nerd

13 Deadly Blogging Ideas for students | Cre8tive Nerd — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:34:42 +0000

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By: Author’s Craft- The Sèance « Tubby03's Blog

Author’s Craft- The Sèance « Tubby03's Blog — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:15:31 +0000

[...] A writer needs to have good writing skills for people to read their book. But authors can do anything they want to do because there is no rules in writing books they can use any word to make a good story. Ever since people were small and in school you learn how to write . [...]