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Writing for Business
& Pleasure

by Stephen Wilbers
 


Quote of the week
“There is no such thing as good writing. There is only good rewriting.”
– Justice Louis Brandeis

 


Two 30-second writing exercises (updated weekly)

Weekly error: What's wrong with the following sentence?
“I’m not sure how this will effect morale, but I know that morals are important.”

Weekly tip: Revise the sentence below for stylistic effect.
“Prior to my beginning to teach writing, I was unaware that I was using so many wordy expressions.”
 

Seminars & workshops       Weekly column by email

My column appears every other Monday in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
If you missed it on hard copy, you can read it here.

Email courses:
“Better Writing in Six Weeks”       “Writing with Style

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annoying phrases to punctuation, salutations, wordiness, and writer’s block,
as well as dozens of exercises.

Books by Stephen Wilbers

Writer's Digest Books will publish my monthly writing tips as a book, tentatively titled
52 Tips for Writing with Style, in the spring of 2014.

Online history of the Boundary Waters wilderness       AT&T tower diminishes wilderness

Take the Grammar, Proofreading, Punctuation, and Word Choice Challenges.


In memory of four beloved Minnesota authors
 

 Paul Gruchow
(1947-2004)
 

Carol Bly
(1930-2007)
 

Jon Hassler
(1933-2008)
 

Bill Holm
(1943-2009)
 

Please donate to The Loft Literary Center. Thank you!
  

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