Randall H. Duckett

In writing, voice matters. Your voice is a representation of who you are, how you sound, and what you want to say. Voice is how you...

Respect is sexy. When it comes to effective writing, your respect engages, entices, and enraptures. The readers of your work sense...

Like many people, I dislike feeling judged. When it comes to writing, though, I’ve learned to welcome critical feedback, even if it is...

Is odd better than even? It’s not scientifically validated, but my experience is that writing in odd numbers, rather than even ones,...

I confess: I am a news junkie, even when the news is not so great. I pore over AppleNews+ daily, absorb New York Times articles online,...

No, this isn’t an admonishment about cursing. Instead, the point here is to carefully consider your choice of words as you write, weaving...

Writing is murder. Who says? None other than Stephen King in On Writing, paraphrasing authors before him: Kill your darlings, kill your...

Clichés and jargon betray effective writing. Common advice about writing well is to cut all clichés and jargon, those words and phrases...

When you write effectively, ethics matter. Every word you write is a decision about what and what not to do. It’s not just a choice of...