Here are a few guidelines for determining how to write numbers as numerals or words.

Without words, writing would be just a bunch of squiggles on a page. For most, if not all of us, we have to write many words before we can find the word that communicates exactly what we mean.

There are a number of ways to effectively choose our words including:

Reviews are written to evaluate a book, movie, event or
object.  Unlike a summary, the review
writer has an opinion or makes a case for the material reviewed.

As a review writer, you have some latitude in the tone,
style and subject matter of your piece.   Here are rules to help
your reader follow your train of thought.

Giving and receiving effective feedback is an essential part of the writing process.

Here is a handy checklist to help you cover the important points of a nonfiction work:

Correctly punctuated dialogue is one of those pesky, but critical details; it helps your reader follow who is speaking.

Here are a few examples that demonstrate correct punctuation when a person or character is speaking:

Speeches are heard rather than read, so to keep your
listening audience engaged your speech must be well organized and easy to
understand.

Telling communicates facts; Showing invites understanding.

My sincere thanks to Dennis G. Jerz for his economy of words.

When you are engaged, transported into the writer’s world, emotionally reacting to the characters and images in the world around you – that’s when the writer is showing, not telling.

Here’s an example:

A brisk, wintry wind whistled along the South Carolina coast. It rattled the ice-tipped yellowed spartina grass and rolled a thick, steely grayed fog in from the sea.

In two sentences writer Mary Alice Monroe has me shivering and looking Skyward (the title of this novel) in my mind’s eye.

Monroe could have written: Winters in coastal South Carolina are characterized by brisk winds and grey ocean fog.

Here are a few tips to invite your reader into your world.

Sometimes it is easier to make a picture with words than it is to write words in a line.

Some writers call this process organic notes or brainstorming.

Here are the steps.

I love the feeling of accomplishment when I finish a written piece.

I know it’s finished when I have enough distance from what I have written to notice typos, syntax errors or clumsy phrases. Proofreading is an essential part of the writing process. If you are your own proofreader, you have to proofread on a different day than the day you finished writing. If you need to submit a piece on the day you finish writing it – get the services of a proofreader. I joined a writing critique group, which is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Here are some tips to improve your effectiveness as a proofreader:

I participated in a study which is close to becoming a published work on Outdoor Education.

I just heard from the soon-to-be Ph.D. and what she wrote made my day:

Your interview helped give words to the idea that where writing takes place matters in the creation of text and the preservation of memories.

This affirmation is a blessing. I also received feedback from an editor: