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In the first of this two-part series, the author explores the importance of developing the writing skillset that will serve you in the future.

The Writer's Daily Blog, as part of the Published & Profitable site, offers daily articles and resources for the writer.

Not new, but good tips on writing Reviews:)

Whenever you have the choice, pick the more common word. Especially when surrounded by other big words, pick the shorter, simpler word. That clears things up a bit…without dumbing it down.

Literacy rates around the world are abysmal. By around the world, I include in America. Over half of Americans cannot easily read to a grade six reading level. And if they can't read your message easily, they won't read it at all. At the most basic level, shorter words and shorter sentences improve readability.

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.

Are you a blogger? Do you know how to edit your blog posts? Read "10 Best Editing Tools for Bloggers" at GetResponse!

There are five main aspects to your blog posts that are all equally important. Let's take a quick look at each one.

This is another website that touches on the subject of loglines.

"It's time for another look at irregular verbs. In episode 291, I said irregular verbs are those that don't form their past tense by simply adding an "-ed" suffix, and that they tend to get turned into regular verbs over time. For example, the past tense of "help" used to be "holp," but now it's been regularized, and we say "helped.".......

Using term "critical" in relation to critical essay does not imply that you will have to attack a certain work. One can create a critical essay that wholeheartedly agrees with assigned literature. The word "critical" describes your attitude when you examine the reviewed work. Such mind-set may be termed as "uninvolved analysis," which implies that you consider the coherence of the literature, the completeness of its desribed events, and so forth, before you accept or refuse it.