http://tamelarich.com/2009/business-writing/white-papers/royal-whitepaper/ Smart Business Communications Tue, 08 May 2012 14:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tamelarich.com/2009/business-writing/white-papers/royal-whitepaper/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Doug Williams Sat, 16 May 2009 15:35:20 +0000 http://tamelarich.com/?p=919#comment-67 I really think this whole idea of reading -- and writing -- like an editor is huge. If more writers knew how to edit (and not just for grammar, but for message, clarity, strategy, etc.), we'd have more writing that is consistently better. Not to devalue the skill, but let's face it: most of us learned to string words together grammatically in the second grade. Great copy isn't written; it's edited into greatness. I really think this whole idea of reading — and writing — like an editor is huge. If more writers knew how to edit (and not just for grammar, but for message, clarity, strategy, etc.), we’d have more writing that is consistently better. Not to devalue the skill, but let’s face it: most of us learned to string words together grammatically in the second grade. Great copy isn’t written; it’s edited into greatness.

]]> http://tamelarich.com/2009/business-writing/white-papers/royal-whitepaper/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Wendy Wells Fri, 15 May 2009 15:43:18 +0000 http://tamelarich.com/?p=919#comment-66 Reading Like an Editor~ I agree your edits improve the style and readability of the text. Brits have a tendency to write in a passive voice, just as their speech is often relatively passive. As an anglophile, I mainly watch British film and television, and I study British Literature. Because of my emersion, I often find myself writing in a passive voice. Nearly every time I write something, I have to go back and edit myself into a more American tone. (The fact that I'm writing a novel based in Europe doesn't help, either.) I think Prince Charles (and whomever might have edited the piece on his behalf) wrote as he spoke, which is as Brits so often do, royally different from our own style. Just for the fun of it, I've gone ahead and left my passive voice in this posting, I really was born on the wrong side of the pond! Cheers, Wendy Wells Reading Like an Editor~
I agree your edits improve the style and readability of the text. Brits have a tendency to write in a passive voice, just as their speech is often relatively passive. As an anglophile, I mainly watch British film and television, and I study British Literature. Because of my emersion, I often find myself writing in a passive voice. Nearly every time I write something, I have to go back and edit myself into a more American tone. (The fact that I’m writing a novel based in Europe doesn’t help, either.)
I think Prince Charles (and whomever might have edited the piece on his behalf) wrote as he spoke, which is as Brits so often do, royally different from our own style.
Just for the fun of it, I’ve gone ahead and left my passive voice in this posting, I really was born on the wrong side of the pond!
Cheers,
Wendy Wells

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