Back in October of 2018, I wrote that your writing should be a means to get your information across clearly and concisely and that it’s not meant to be a conversation. This was in refrerence to unneeded phraseology that can bog your message down. Things like, “Needless to say”, that you might use […]
Archives for April 2019
Appearance is everything – 5 tips for making your writing look good visually
You finally cranked out your latest oeuvre, your written one that is – and you’re ready to share it with the world. Whether you’re writing a press release, your artist statement, or an essay for a grant application, you need to make sure it’s looking good. What I mean by this is making the […]
All about E – common mistakes in usage and pronunciation that can make you look bad
I look up words all the time. Even words I know and have used for years. Sometimes I get caught up and wonder both if that’s really what the word means and is that really what I want to say? I also look up things to verify that what I believe to be […]
Do you need an artist’s statement?
There’s a lot of buzz in the art-o-sphere lately surrounding the death of the artist’s statement. Rumors of its death however, are widely exaggerated! The artist statement as I have described it in an earlier post is the traditional form, and one that I personally stick with. But everything, even writing, evolves. Evolution opens up possibilities at […]