Writing tips

Perfectly Write is all about helping people with their writing. Passionate about the English language, I enjoy helping writers develop their skills. I offer advice and tips based on my experience as an author and ghostwriter, author mentor, book copy editor and book proofreader.

Here are some articles that offer handy tips for developing your writing:

Good writing – back to basics: I give you some of the basics to bear in mind as you write.

Common punctuation mistakes: I help you punctuate your writing correctly.

Top ten tips for proofreading: I offer my best proofreading tips.

Spellchecker: friend or foe? I explain why spellcheckers will never replace proofreading.

Words to watch: I dispel some common confusion over similar words.

Following the book proofreader's process: I take you through a professional book proofreader's process.

Following the book copy editor's process: I take you through a professional book copy editor's process.

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