In fact, when I asked my mastermind group what their reaction to the word was, all three people visibly recoiled. Seriously. They pulled back from the table and me.
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Well Said Wednesday: September Issues & Being Your Own Editor-in-Chief
Despite my years in corporate communications, my career role models have always been editors-in-chief. They are the people who set and protect the overall voice and point of view of a publication, who have the ultimate responsibility that all content says what it is supposed to say to the people it’s saying it to. They keep the medium on message.
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Well Said Wednesday: Really Excited Edition!!! (Again!!!)
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Last week, my friend Jen posted on Facebook about her company's policy on using exclamation points. She is being limited to one per email and it's kind of a drag for her. To me, it's sound grammatical policy that I applaud heartily. (Heartily!) Yes, I kind of discriminate against exclamation marks.
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Well Said Wednesday: Editing for Clarity and Sanity
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Good writing is the result of good editing. Think about it. There is a reason they are called “first drafts” and not “one-and-only” drafts.
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