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Are you trying to improve your writing skills? If so Daily Writing Tips is the right place for you. Featuring daily tips about grammar, spelling, punctuation, copywriting and more!

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Short Story Competition: First Batch is Open for Voting!

Posted on July 21, 2008
When I launched the short story competition last week I was expecting to receive some ten, perhaps fifteen entries. The time frame for submission was not that long in fact. Boy I was wrong. We have over 60 participants! It would be impossible to post all the entries today, especially since the readers are going to vote on them...

Word of the Day: Bankruptcy

Posted on July 19, 2008
Bankruptcy (b?ngk'r?pt'si) in a financial sense means a state of being unable to pay one's debts. There are two kinds: liquidation, in which the debts are wiped out or discharged, and reorganization, in which the debtor provides the court with a plan for repayment...

The KISS Guide To Writing Keyword Rich Articles

Posted on July 18, 2008
Freelance writers are often asked to write keyword rich web content articles. If you don't know where to begin, here's the 'keep it simple' guide to get you started.

Five Reasons Why Blogging Improves Your Writing

Posted on July 17, 2008
Do you have your own blog? If so, do you sometimes feel guilty about spending time writing for your blog rather than working on something which you consider more ?worthwhile?? If you don?t have a blog, have you ever thought of starting one? Perhaps you?re not sure whether it would be worth the investment of your time and energy.

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English Grammar 101: Interjections

Posted on July 16, 2008
Interjection comes from from a Latin word that means ?throw between." It's a word or phrase that is thrown into a sentence to express an emotion:

Good Writing ?A Matter of Opinion??

Posted on July 15, 2008
A reader asks what we think of the comment: In many ways, good writing is a matter of opinion. It's not a question that has an easy answer.

Short Story Competition: Send Your 500 Words Story In!

Posted on July 14, 2008
All right folks, it was about time to run a writing competition over here. The first one will be a short story competition. You have until next Sunday (July 20th) to send your story to us via email, on the infoATdailywritingtips.com address.

Converse Terms

Posted on July 11, 2008
I've been reading a book on linguistics recently. During the process I have discovered some new terminology, such as converse terms. This phrase describes pairs of words where one word reverses the relationship that is denoted by the first.

Daily Writing Tips Has Crossed the 10,000 Subscribers Mark

Posted on July 10, 2008
The blog is just over one year old, and we already crossed the 10,000 subscribers mark. If you are one of them thank you! If you are not, you might be missing our tips!

Prevaricate vs Procrastinate

Posted on July 10, 2008
Two commonly confused words are prevaricate and procrastinate. They are similar in being quite formal, Latinate, words but have different meanings.

13 Ways to Make a Freelance Living

Posted on July 09, 2008
The Internet has provided freelance writers with a whole new set of prospects for selling their skills. But while traditional markets will always be the main source of freelance writers? income, it is possible to increase earnings in other markets using a little imagination and ingenuity...

English Grammar 101: Conjunctions

Posted on July 08, 2008
A conjunction joins words and groups of words. There are two classes of conjunction: co-ordinate or coordinating and subordinate or subordinating.

The Gender Neutral Discussion

Posted on July 07, 2008
The DWT Forum is enjoying a lively discussion of the problem of what do do about the political need to make writing "gender neutral" without writing such ugly constructions as s/he, he/she, he or she. Some readers still support the use of "he" in a general sense as was the practice until it came to be seen as a mark of patriarchal oppression...

June 2008 Most Popular Articles

Posted on July 04, 2008
Happy 4th of July to all the U.S. readers. Below you will find the most popular articles of the past month; check them out if you missed any.

Rebut, Refute, Deny

Posted on July 03, 2008
There's often confusion between rebut and refute and both words may be misused when deny is most appropriate. It's true that they all have to do with negation, but that's where the similarity ends.

How To Write Every Day (and why you should)

Posted on July 02, 2008
If you aspire to be a writer, and read tips from well known authors, you?ll have come across the advice that you should write every day.

English Grammar 101: Verb Tense

Posted on July 01, 2008
Modern English has six tenses, each of which has a corresponding continuous tense. The first three tenses, present, past, and future, present few problems. Only third person singular in the present tense differs in form:

Useful Stock Phrases for Your Business Emails

Posted on June 30, 2008
When I wrote a post on email etiquette, one reader, Juan, left a comment to ask for some advice (I?ve changed his punctuation a bit for clarity?s sake): I just discovered your page and I love it. Please teach me before we sign off the mail with ?warm regards? etc ,we also always using some phrasal sentences such as ?please look into this matter? or ?thank you in advance?, ?I would be very appreciate on your help in this matter?, etc...

Word of the Day: Apocalypse

Posted on June 28, 2008
Apocalypse [?-p?k'?-l?ps'], with the definite article, means "the end of the world." Apocalyptic writings--prophecies of the end of the world couched in symbolic language--were a popular genre with Jewish and early Christian writers between 200 B.C.E...

When the Review Tops the Book

Posted on June 27, 2008
Some time ago one of our readers sent me a link to a brilliantly written book review, interestingly enough about a shockingly bad book. The person who wrote the review is called Charles Moore. Here is a quote from it:

English Grammar 101: Verb Mood

Posted on June 26, 2008
English verbs have four moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive, and infinitive. Mood is the form of the verb that shows the mode or manner in which a thought is expressed.

Dissatisfied, Unsatisfied

Posted on June 25, 2008
Don't mix up dissatisfied with unsatisfied. Dissatisfied applies only to people who are unhappy, frustrated or disappointed with a thing, person or situation. Examples:

DWT Grammar Test 1: Take it Now!

Posted on June 24, 2008
It was about time to release another test. This time around you will measure your grammar knowledge and skills. If you have been reading the blog for a while you should have no problems with the 20 questions presented....

When Did ?Pimp? Become a Positive Term?

Posted on June 23, 2008
Much to my horrified amazement, I just ran across a Facebook page called Obama Is A Pimp. The amazing thing is that the page is supportive of Barack Obama.

Word of the Day: Abyss

Posted on June 20, 2008
An abyss [?-b?s'] is a deep hole, so deep as to seem bottomless. "The Abyss" refers to the infernal regions that include the abode of the dead, the home of evil powers, and the place of punishment of the wicked. The adjective is abysmal.

Five Ways to Write Faster

Posted on June 19, 2008
Whether you need to clear a backlog of emails, write an important document at work, finish a short story, or do your homework, spending hours staring at a blank screen and struggling to come up with words won?t help.

PC Vitals for Every Freelance Writer

Posted on June 18, 2008
If you?ve never experienced the horror of a computer screen turning stark blue and displaying garbled characters while you are working on it, then lucky you. My advice is to never take things for granted. Computers have a nasty habit of hiding their internal illnesses until it?s too late, by telling you one thing when they mean another, or by playing tricks on your mind.

Check Out TechCult.com

Posted on June 17, 2008
No writing tip on this post, but it might still be interesting to you guys. TechCult.com is the newest blog on our network, and it will basically cover tech stuff, but with a twist. I know that there are thousands of blogs out there already covering tech, so unless we had a something different the blog would hardly succeed.

Pander Code

Posted on June 17, 2008
A word that jumps incessantly out of newspapers, magazines, and the mouths of political pundits these days is some form of pander. It's especially popular as a headline word:

Pen Names

Posted on June 16, 2008
A reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, uses his real name in his writing for a weekly newspaper, but is considering using a pen name for other work. He wrote: I have had heavy criticisms attached to my birth name, before my professional career [as a journalist] even started, and believe with a pen name I can have a fresh start...

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