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In short, don't be shy to break the rules of grammar, if there is a good reason - if your writing will be more effective by doing so. The point of writing is to communicate as effectively as possible. The point of grammar is to give us a framework for better communication. If you sacrifice effective communication for correct grammar, you are missing the point. Just make sure that a broken grammar rule does not look like an accident; if it does, the only thing you will be communicating is cluelessness.

"When you dreamed of becoming a powerful businessman, you assumed that your main responsibilities would involve communication, idea generation, and budgeting. You never imagined that your reputation would be based upon the way you write; otherwise you would pay more attention to those academic writing assignments that you hated at college."

The purpose of the MUSE Scholarship is to help writing students (journalism, creative writing, public relations, communications, screenwriting, etc.) pay for their first year. Expenses are always toughest in the first year. Applicants will be asked to write an original 400-600 word story as part of their application by May 15.

FanStory is an online community featuring publications of writing work, reviews, user rankings and contests. The home page has featured poems, stories and highly ranked poems and stories from the community members.

"Writing is not just an art; it's a tool that helps people convey opinions in a clear, concise manner. If you intend to become part of any business, the successful communication with collaborators will depend upon your ability to write."

writing communities

A set of mailing lists (groups) which communicate via Email, open to all styles and genres of writing. There several critiquing and discussion lists to join and participate in.

Seems an excellent community, most of the services onsite (articles, monthly ezine etc) are free without having to sign up, and some good figures on membership for groups. Filmmaking and writing.

Writer's News magazine - the website includes subscription forms for the physical magazine, and links to home study courses, an active set of community boards, competition details, and U.K. writing news stories.

Creative writing website

Huge writer's site with Writer of the Month, forums, articles, journals, poetry, interaction. Publishing Days are Mondays and Fridays.

Content on topics such as promoting your ebooks, writing tips, SEO, SEM, content creation, communication skills, psychology, blogging, and small business management.

We talk simply. We use normal words, and are sentences are usually quite straightforward. But put someone in front of a keyboard, and there's no telling how complicated they can write. So much business communications comes out as gobbledygook, whether it's an internal memo, a job description, an instruction manual or a letter to customers.…

How We Got Started Like most good stories, Dallas Food Nerd started around a table of wonderful food. On Valentine's weekend in 2011, two social mediaites (Elysa and Rory) were invited to go on a food tour of five fabulous Dallas dining spots, hosted by a major car brand and local restaurants. The couple spent the day restaurant hopping with several other food bloggers, indulging in chocolates and souffles. credentials on their virtual resumes, they felt like a food blog was definitely in order. What better way to share their love of food and drinks with others on social media? In that sugar coma filled afternoon, they purchased the Dallas Food Nerd website domain, created a logo and began promoting the new brand among their friends and the local food blogger community. Sharing Our Passion For Food With Others While Elysa and Rory founded the blog back in 2011, they quickly grew the group by adding a few friends and acquaintances who also shared a passion of food-related storytelling. You might even know someone like this yourself… those people whose cameras "eat first"! Our group of writers is now about 20 people, mostly living in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. (We'll share more on the expansion later.) As a community of people who share a love for food and storytelling, we review new restaurants and menus, test out kitchen gadgets, write product reviews. We tell our stories by writing blog posts, Tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram posts/stories, and lately, Instagram Reels, too.

Where is blogging taking you? If you are like me you start off targeting a specific niche and then focus all your efforts learning everything you can about the niche. While doing this you also find that an essential step for success as a blogger is communicating your message. You search the blogging sphere to find blogs with high readership; analyzing them to determine how the blog is able to successfully communicate their message. The task is never ending, because attracting and retaining readers is critical.

Bookcrossing has a unique way of sharing books - it's users leave their old books on park benches, coffee shops etc. But the site itself also offers a community to discuss books, authors and characters.

authonomy is a website from HarperCollins which promises some interesting dynamics. Part social network, part self-publishing (on the net), the site is setup to let authors publish their manuscripts onto the web, and have these rated by, commented on and read by the authonomy community. Top rated or supported books are promised that in the future HarperCollins wants to look at these for possible publishing. The site also contains top ranked books on the frontpage, and an active forum.

This is a great site to join. It's FREE! There are a lot of activities to get your creative juices flowing. And you get to create your very own Online Portfolio FREE of Charge. They have a lot of contests, activities and articles just to read to help you become a better writer. I have been a member since 2010.

Listal not only does books, but music, movies, games and more. Tag them, and share with a community.