Category: writing

Improving My Writing, with Hemingway at My Side

One of my blogging colleagues, Justin Wheeler, told me that he uses the Hemingway app to help keep his writing simple and concise, something that Hemingway was famous for (although I was not aware of that).  To use the app, you can either download an app and then enter your text into the app to … Continue reading Improving My Writing, with Hemingway at My Side →

Memo To Those Who Write Memos:

This is the 25th in a collection of newspaper ads written by Harry Gray, then CEO of United Technologies, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the text from that ad. Art Buchwald tells of the kid who visited his father's office. When asked what … Continue reading Memo To Those Who Write Memos: →