Comments on: How to know if your writing is good https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/ & Gray-Grant Communications Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8750 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:41:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8750 In reply to Hoa.

Oh, transitions are SO important. I find they are often the biggest clue to whether or not I consider a writer to be truly professional.

]]> By: Hoa https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8749 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:24:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8749 Great post as always. I learned a lot from point# 2.
Thanks Daphne.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8748 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:37:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8748 In reply to Lisa Dieter.

Thanks, Lisa. That’s a good tip. Reading aloud is also really smart. So is using a ruler underneath the line you are proofing.

]]> By: Lisa Dieter https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8747 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:47:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8747 Regarding #6 about catching typos – my mom always taught me to read me essays backwards (sentence by sentence not word by word) as a final proofing process. Your brain is a lot less likely to “auto-correct” the words on the page that way. Great post Daphne!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8746 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:59:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8746 In reply to Russ Skinner.

Glad you enjoyed it, Russ.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8745 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:58:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8745 In reply to Barbara Sanders.

Your very welcome, Barbara!

]]> By: Russ Skinner https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8744 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:52:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8744 Great post, Daphne, and I love the tidbit on “fanny.” I feel a blog post coming…

]]> By: Barbara Sanders https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8743 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:33:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8743 Thanks for providing a metric for me to gauge my writing!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8742 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:16:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8742 In reply to Lisa Maggart.

Well, in the interest of full disclosure, let me tell you there was a mistake in this column, earlier. A good friend of mine read the post nice and early and kindly sent me an email. I was able to fix it here, immediately and even had time to remove the error from my newsletter (a “then” when it should have been a “than” — sheer carelessness) before it went out. It’s really important to admit mistakes and fix them as fast as you can!!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-know-if-your-writing-is-good/#comment-8741 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:14:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=15978#comment-8741 In reply to kimmarla.

Thanks, Kimmarla!

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