I know that cricket isn’t everyone’s favourite sport but for me, it’s a sport I watched since childhood and I love the fact that I’m always learning something new about the game. The traditional five day format of Test cricket is the oldest and most prestigious format of the game. Test series between England and Read more about What cricket can teach us about long and short form content[…]
Despite Covid 19 and the lack of spectators, I’ve still loved watching this year’s delayed Olympics in Tokyo. Britain hasn’t enjoyed quite the same level of success we’ve seen in recent Olympics but we’re still doing better than the disaster of only winning one gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games What I love about Read more about How to write like an Olympian[…]
I’ve always loved this video produced by the Guardian newspaper in which the presenter complains about grammar snobs. She starts off by saying: Grammar snobs are patronising, pretentious and just plain wrong This made me laugh, but I do consider myself to be a bit of a grammar snob. I think if you are a Read more about Are you a grammar snob?[…]
One of the things that separates good writing from average or poor writing is the ability to cut out useless words, phrases and clichés. My journalism and copywriting training has taught me the value of writing in simple, plain English that helps your reader. There’s a natural tendency to use complicated and unfamiliar words to Read more about 13 words and phrases that add nothing to your writing[…]
I loved reading this post on Copyblogger. 7 Ways to Bring More Artistry to your writing I think becoming a better writer or producing any form of content is about continual self improvement and learning. As writers we should never become complacent or start to think we know everything. It’s a post that reminds you Read more about How to bring artistry to your writing[…]