A Time and Place for Humour
There’s a time and place for humour. From the darkest Grimdark gallows humour to Kafka’s satirical take on faceless bureaucracy, […]
Style
Introducing the Cumulative Sentence
It’s a rare item of writing craft that finds me introducing the cumulative sentence. I had a “progressive” education, which
Writing
The Rules of Good Dialogue
Forget my English degree, the last three years of webinars, classes and craft books have taught me about the rules
Ten Ways To Improve Your Writing
In unabashed, media-pimping, YouTube style, I bring you ten ways to improve your writing. Ta-da! Inspired by a similar non-fiction
Grammarly’s Good But Not for Fiction
There are plenty of beneficial writers’ tools, but a weekend of editing has taught me something: Grammarly’s good but not
Do Readability Scores work?
Some seventy years on, the Flesch readability test is used by marketers, policy writers and bloggers; but do readability scores
How long is a paragraph?
A dense wall of text sends readers running; so how long is a paragraph? Online and digital make short paragraphs