All posts by: Judy Yorke
A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed a man about dishwashers. I discovered an awful lot. For instance, I learnt that you can identify if someone is partial to a gin and tonic from the state of their dishwasher (it...
Do you want to transform your writing in a single hour? A 60 minute Zoom session can make a massive difference to your writing. The coaching works because it’s so personal. I’ll analyse your writing in advance of the session...
Where exactly should the apostrophe go? Just a quick reminder about the rules – if you are talking about mother singular, you’d write “Mother’s Day.” If referring to lots of mothers, you’d write “Mothers’ Day”. Most cards seem to say...
We know many people who are stuck at home because of coronavirus are keen to keep up their learning and development. To help, we’ve slashed the price of our online “Be a brilliant writer at work” course to £19+VAT (£22.80)...
When I began my journalistic career on my then evening newspaper, I was first sent away with other cub reporters to complete my training. As you can imagine, there was a lot to learn. Some of that knowledge, like the...
One of the easiest ways to improve your writing at a stroke is to read it aloud before you hit that “send” button. Here are five reasons for this. Reading aloud forces you to slow down, so you will pick...
I was out for an early run this morning (a record-for-me 9.3k, thanks for asking) when I was struck by the colour of the sunrise. Layers of pink, grey and yellow streaked the sky. I took some photos, planning to...
Last night I was typing up my son’s homework, (I know, I know, but he was using my computer and is painfully slow). After writing millions of words in my career, I’m a very quick typist. I can type without...
We love running face-to-face training courses, but appreciate that not everyone can make it to one of these. Our website has many visitors from abroad (waves to France, the US and Indonesia in particular) who realistically are not going to...
“I can never remember how to spell that word!” Do you find yourself thinking – or saying – this frequently? We all have words that we struggle to spell and the good news is that there ARE ways you can...