The Wordsmith blog
Think deeper, write better, and work faster
We share the best ideas we’ve gathered from years of teaching workplace writers. Now that includes AI: how to get the best from it, and avoid the worst.
What you’ll find here
Think deeper
Know your reader and your message before you write.
Write better
Message style, plain language, grammar, and punctuation.
Work faster
Edit less, review smarter, and stop rewriting.
With AI
Where it helps, where it hurts, and how to stay in charge.
Improve your documents’ efficacy and cost—a case study
Improve documents, their efficacy, and their cost, all at the same time—a case study
Do you understand the financial documents that govern your day-to-day life?
Plain-language guidelines for the Canadian financial industry
Are we doing a good job of helping Canadians be financially literate?
Are we doing a good job of helping Canadians be financially literate?
We can’t tackle financial illiteracy without tackling the language
Guest post by Veronica Armstrong
Writing clearly isn’t just practical, it’s ethical
Writing clearly is not just practical, it's ethical.
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