Introduction Letters Can Be Good For Business

October 26, 2009 – 5:23 pm One of the most frequently sought letter types by people who come to my writing help websites is the “introduction letter” or “letter of introduction”. Similar to the confusion  with a few other letter types that I have already ...

Are You Writing A Recommendation Letter Or A Reference Letter?

September 27, 2009 – 8:52 pm Based on my observations over the years, there has always been a great deal of confusion about the differences and similarities between recommendation letters and reference letters. For instance, which is which, and when to use which one? This is ...

If You Can’t Write It – Try Speaking it!

August 26, 2009 – 1:10 pm A lot of people are under the false impression that one has to be a “real writer” in order to create content for their websites, blogs, newsletters, etc. That is simply not true. In fact, in some cases ...

The Dying Art of Personal Letter Writing

July 26, 2009 – 7:28 pm According to an article I just read, traditional letters are being gradually replaced by the newer electronic ways of communicating such as e-mail, e-messaging, texting, and faxes, as well as by cheap long distance telephone and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.  

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…