A Great Manual from Open Office: "Creating Large Documents"
The free writing suite Open Office has come up with a great free PDF document that should be of great help for all writers generating long (over 50 pages) documents. (I’d like to thank my reader George L. for bringing this free resource to my attention.) The 48-page “Creating Large Documents” is written in an…
Read MoreDo Your Verbs Agree with Your Subjects?
© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci It’s a fundamental rule of English grammar: your VERB must agree with the SUBJECT of your sentence. Why I’m addressing this very basic rule? The reason is, when violated, it can have disastrous consequences in technical writing. First the RULE: The garage [Main SUBJECT] where he kept [auxiliary VERB] his antique…
Read MoreSharing Content – Can It Hurt Your Web Site Traffic?
© 2010 Ugur Akinci Can sharing content “too much” be a problem for your web site traffic? I admit, I had this paranoia about sharing “too much” information with my visitors years ago but not any more. Because the more you share, the more your readers will accept you as an authority in your field,…
Read MoreLearning How to Write Well with John Steinbeck
One of the best ways to learn how to write well is to read a master and pay attention to the way he or she is doing it. I still read a lot of books with that kind of awareness since even after 20 years of writing for a living I’m still learning how to…
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