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Letter Writing For Hard Financial Times…

June 25, 2009 – 4:22 pm A couple of years ago I noticed that more and more people were arriving at my writing help websites looking for info on how to write something they called a “financial hardship letter”. This was something ...

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Resume Cover Letters – 9 Essential Writing Tips

May 27, 2009 – 1:42 pm Resume cover letters are used for one purpose only -- to convey a resume or curriculum vitae to a prospective employer. The most common mistake I see in cover letters that are sent to me for editing ...

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How To Format Business and Personal Letters

April 27, 2009 – 1:02 pm Out of the hundreds of pages of “writing help” content on my main Writing Help Central website, two of the top 10 most visited pages are related to formatting business and personal letters. It seems that even when people ...

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7 Tips For Writing Successful Proposals

March 25, 2009 – 4:43 pm Over the years I have written many business and project proposals. I have also been involved in developing a number of grant proposal submissions. In addition, in a number of my jobs I was directly involved ...

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Go With the Flow: Use Transition Words and Phrases

February 25, 2009 – 1:52 pm One of the most common weaknesses I see in day-to-day writing is poor logical flow from one idea or point to the next. This usually takes the form of a bunch of seemingly unrelated phrases thrown together with little or no sense of sequence, continuity, or relativity.   Although the overall subject may be obvious, the words to describe it seem to be scattered on the page like an almost random set of unconnected thoughts. On a regular basis, I see letters and reports in which each phrase seems to be independent of the one before and the one after; when in reality there is an actual sequential and/or logical flow.  

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Letter Writing: The 7 Deadly Sins…

January 27, 2009 – 9:42 am Through my various websites and my Quick Edit Service I receive scores of letters (as well as other docs) that people have drafted but want me to review, revise and finalize for them. Over time, I have noticed that there are some common errors that many people make when drafting letters in particular.   Based on those observations I have put together a list of what I call “The 7 Deadly Sins of Letter Writing”. Keep on reading to find out what they are…

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The Writing Help Top 10 For 2008

December 31, 2008 – 11:03 am As most of my regular subscribers know, I have been gradually building up the content at my main writing help website for almost eight years now. (writinghelp-central.com). There are currently more than 300 pages, totaling over 300,000 words of original and unique practical writing help advice, tips and tricks in the form of articles and templates posted on that website.   For your info, last year more than 4 million visitors from 190 countries visited my Writing Help Central website looking for info and templates:   To see the Top 10 writing help links of 2008, keep on reading:  

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You Too Can Beat Writer’s Block

November 26, 2008 – 12:39 pm Most people can easily identify with the dreaded "writer's block". It is a well-known phenomenon that just about everyone has faced at one point in their lives.I used to suffer from writer's block, big time! Thus, I know through personal anguish and suffering, that it is definitely not a pleasant experience. Especially when the due date for one's project or paper is getting closer by the day, and the boss asks you "how's that project going" every time you don't manage to avoid him/her when you're sneaking down the corridor. For my 7 Secrets For Beating Writer’s Block, keep reading…

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Getting Back On Track…

November 9, 2008 – 8:02 am In late September I told you about my impending move and the fact that you wouldn’t hear from me at the normal time in late October. Well, the move is over and it went quite smoothly. I am now installed in my tiny new downtown condo that overlooks Old Montreal. In the foreground I can see the trains whooshing in and out of the main train station - Gare Centrale as they call it here. The trains are close enough for watching, but not close enough to be noisy.

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