Little lessons to make your writing shine.
You are: a person who writes, a person who emails, a person who is curious, a person who likes short newsletters, or a person who wonders about words.
Small Change is a series of bite-sized lessons and stories to help you write better. You can read them below or follow along in real-time as they land in your inbox (nearly) every week.
The archives👇
Give your writing room to breathe
When writing, you have the writing part and you have everything else. But the everything else is powerful. It's the dry shampoo of writing, the pair of jeans that always looks good, the easy-but-impressive dish you whip up for dinner parties
Hedging: not just a border in your garden
Hedging is a great little technique for managing people, softening claims, and covering your ass.
How and when to use passive voice
Everything ever written about writing agrees on one thing: active voice is better. But passive voice is a tool, a choice you make for a reason, and it can be incredibly effective and useful.
Cut that out! The one word we all overuse
"That" is like the cauliflower of the word world -- versatile, mild, and, in most cases, completely unnecessary.