Writing Tips and Tricks

Shakespeare and Creativity within Constraints

Most people think of creativity as fundamentally opposed to logistics like word limits, deadlines and style standards, which can be

5 Tips for Managing Stress in the Workplace

5 Tips for Managing Stress in the Workplace

Everyone experiences ruts at various points in their lives, and the stress of those times can spill over into our

Want to Be a Better Writer? Get a (Digital) Trapper Keeper

Want to Be a Better Writer? Get a (Digital) Trapper Keeper

The recent resurgence of JNCO Jeans and Cinnamon Toast Crunch has reminded me of my long lost Lisa Frank Trapper

BuzzFeed, FuzzBeed and the Unbearable Blandness of Focusing on Shareability

On February 3, 2015, the viral content megalith Buzzfeed registered 14,450,212 unique visitors, according to Quantcast, a company that measures

But I Don’t Want To: Tips for Staying Motivated

But I Don’t Want To: Tips for Staying Motivated

Do you remember in college when you postponed writing that paper until the night before? Did you convince yourself that

Diverse Content for a Diverse Audience

Diverse Content for a Diverse Audience

As the month set aside to commemorate LGBT History, Disability Employment Awareness and Filipino American History, October marks the perfect

Blog Titles and Calls to Action: Aim for Truth in Titles and FIBs in CTA

Blog Titles and Calls to Action: Aim for Truth in Titles and FIBs in CTA

With millions of blogs being published online every day, it’s vitally important to create an experience for your target audience

Blogging Best Practices II: How To Write For Busy Online Readers

Thanks to the blogging revolution, anyone with an internet connection can now call themselves a writer. Not everyone, though, can

What Every Writer Should Know about Keywords

What Every Writer Should Know about Keywords

Before arriving at EVG, I wrote website content, among other types of content, at a local college. I always kept