Hyphens as Luxury Punctuation Marks

Correct hyphenation sets business writing apart. Here’s a tour de force example of it from the Wall Street Journal: There are five dwellings on the property, including a 7,500-square-foot stucco-and-tile Tuscan-style house with three bedrooms. — Candace Jackson, “Napa Estate Asks $35

Dashes and Parentheses

Dashes and parentheses have opposite effects. Parentheses de-emphasize information, while dashes call attention to it. Click here for our April newsletter, which explains how you can use both kinds of punctuation mark confidently

How to Write Effective Press Releases

Just in case you missed it, our March newsletter offered tips and tools for writing effective press releases!

Tips for Writing Less

We could write a long introduction about why we liked this article but thought instead that we’d keep it short.  Here it is:  Tips for Writing Less!

Read an Interview with Natasha Terk on Open Sesame!

Our new partner Open Sesame interviewed Write It Well President Natasha Terk recently.  The interview is posted here on the Open Sesame blog. Kelly Meeker covers the exciting ways that learning is moving onto the Web, and beyond traditional paper materials and bricks-and-mortar classrooms