by ACCAdmin | Jul 15, 2023 | blog
Shifting Gears with Tone of Voice When I chat with clients about tone of (written) voice, they often say they aren’t sure how to just flip a switch and shift from a too-formal to a conversational tone. I can empathize. I think that kind of shifting gears is a skill...
by ACCAdmin | May 16, 2023 | blog, Guest post
Guest Post: How Do You Choose Your Next Big Writing Idea? Do you play catch with your creative ideas? Image by Junior Ferreira on Unsplash Here’s a new guest post from award-winning children’s author and writing coach Dianne Ochiltree. Dianne walks us through the...
by ACCAdmin | May 15, 2023 | blog
Know Yourself to Motivate Yourself We all need a loving little push now and then. Can we be both the pusher and the pushee? Can we work with our own strengths and weaknesses? What might that look like? Here are three suggestions. Set a High Bar A writer client was...
by ACCAdmin | Oct 17, 2022 | blog
Use Your Words Your Way It’s okay to be you.Image by Thắng-Nhật Trần from Pixabay What I love about all the reading and editing and critical thinking that I get to do is the rich variety of styles and subject matter I encounter. The more kinds of writing I read,...
by ACCAdmin | Feb 25, 2022 | blog, Guest post
Guest Post: Reading Like a Writer • Reading with Purpose Improves Your Writing Here’s a guest post from writing coach and writer Jana Van der Veer. She shares lots of specific ideas for honing our writing skills with focused reading and analysis of work by...