Tag Archives: Daphne Gray-Grant

How to give feedback on someone else’s writing

Helpful criticism is one of the best ways of improving someone’s writing, but how to be critical without offending? The answer for some is not to give feedback at all, which is a lost opportunity for the writer. We all tend to feel that our writing represents us and are easily wounded by someone taking […]

Write fast and badly

If writers produce good copy, whether for a book, an article or a website, it’s probably because they spend more time editing and polishing their draft, and less time writing it. A draft should be written quickly, as fast as possible. It needn’t be very good; in fact it shouldn’t be. If you try to […]