A Treasure Trove of Archives: Our Absolute Favorite Posts

The featured image in this post is from one of my favorite weekly photo challenge themes, “Waiting,” from September 2017.…

Beyond Me, Myself, and I: Four Ideas for Escaping the First-Person Bubble

Even when writing about yourself, there’s room for other voices in your prose.

Toward Clarity: Three Tips for Better Writing

Here are three tips you can apply to improve your prose right now.

Writing 101: Death to Adverbs

Go to a public location and make a detailed report of what you see. The twist of the day? Write the post without adverbs.

Writing: Finding Everyday Inspiration

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Divide and Conquer (Your Prose)

Breaking a post into sections helps you control its rhythm and pacing. Here are three ways to do it effectively.

Recommended Reading: Clark’s 50 Writing Tools

Ready to revise? Use Roy Peter Clark’s 50 Writing Tools: Quick List to excise the bloat from your prose.

Nitpickers of the World, Unite Edit!

Members of the Daily Post crew share some of their favorite editing tips (multi-colored pens: recommended).

Talking Taboo: Writing About Sensitive Topics

Blogs aren’t blogs without opinions — but putting yours out there can be scary. With a few basic guidelines, you can dive into the most divisive topics with confidence.

How to Escape the Claws of the Grammar Police

If superfluous commas, misplaced apostrophes (looking at you, it’s/its, they’re/their!), and sentence-ending prepositions make you flinch in horror, you’re in…

Writing 101: Give and Take

Focus today’s post on the contrast between two things. The twist? Write the post in the form of a dialogue.

Writing 101: Commit to a Writing Practice

Today, celebrate three songs that are significant to you. For your twist, write for fifteen minutes without stopping — and build a writing habit.