Tips and tricks

Reading Time: 6 minutesIf you want your writing to be clear and effective, you need to avoid mistakes. That may sound obvious, but some errors are so common they are in danger of

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you ever been told you shouldn’t start a sentence with the word “and”? Why is this? A look around the internet quickly shows that many journalists don’t follow this advice. This match report on BBC Sport, for example, has paragraphs beginning with both “and” and “but”. Where does this rule come from? The root […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou’re probably in something of a habit of typing obscure words into a search engine to find out what they mean, but how about actually going to get a dictionary off your bookshelf? When did you last do

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe modern writer needs the web to find work, research content and submit their finished articles, so which browser makes it easiest for

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat do you love and hate most about writing online?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSearching for something to write about can take almost as long as writing it, but have you tried these two nifty Google tools? If you write