Joe Pairman
Redundant language — fluff, or cultural bridge?
Tight writing is good. Repetitious writing can waste time. But “redundant words” can also help your message get across, building trust and clarifying meaning.
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Joe Pairman
May 118 min
Anxious about your writing? Trust your tongue more than “grammar rules”
To focus our audience on our message, we should trust our tongue more than grammar guides.
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Joe Pairman
Jan 1, 20235 min
Say “so what” to your audience and write your story first
Challenge your mental audience with "So there you are, ready to judge. So what?
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Joe Pairman
Oct 1, 20223 min
You’ve been had. The passive voice was never bad.
“Avoid it”, the style guides write, “unless you really know what you are doing”. The implication is you don’t.
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Joe Pairman
May 5, 20224 min
Writer’s block at work? Learn how tech authors deal with it.
Tech writers get stuck like the rest of us. But they have some clever ways to keep writing, or to treat blocks in a more productive way.
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