Passive Voice: When to Use It and When to Avoid It
A balanced guide to the passive voice: how to recognize it, when it serves your writing, when it weakens it, and how to edit with intention.
April 2026
Plain Language Writing Techniques for Professionals
Plain-language techniques used by editors of memos, proposals, and disclosures. Substitution tables, layering, and a two-minute self-test.
How to Edit Your Own Writing (The Three-Pass Method)
Separate structural, line, and proof edits the way working journalists do. Checks, timings, and a worked example that trims a memo in half.
Common Grammar Mistakes Professionals Make - Top 20 Errors and How to Fix Them
Fix the 20 most common grammar mistakes in business writing. Expert-written guide with before/after examples, rules, tables, and a checklist for professional emails.
Dangling Modifiers: How to Spot and Fix Them With 20+ Before-and-After Examples
Learn how to spot and fix dangling modifiers with 20+ before-and-after examples, patterns table, and a self-check exercise for careful writers.
How to Avoid Wordiness: Concise Writing Guide
Eliminate wordiness with 30+ before-and-after rewrites, rules for redundancy, filler, and nominalizations, and a complete editing checklist for concise writing.
How to Write in Active Voice - Complete Guide with Exercises and Rewrites
Master active voice with clear rules, side-by-side rewrites, and exercises. Learn when active voice is best, when passive voice fits, and how to edit for strength.
How to Write Clearly: Rules From Professional Editors
Complete guide to clear professional writing with fifteen editor-proven rules, comparison tables, revision checklists, and language patterns that respect the reader.
March 2026
Comma Rules Everyone Gets Wrong (and How to Fix Them)
The comma rules that trip up professional writers. Oxford commas, restrictive clauses, compound sentences, and the four rules that fix 80 percent of errors.