LousyWriter.com Helps Writers and
Non-Writers Improve Their Writing Skills
“Stop
writing junk!” is the bold-faced statement at LousyWriter.com, a new
website that helps writers and non-writers improve their writing skills. It is
a free resource at http://www.LousyWriter.com
What, exactly, is
“writing junk”? “Writing junk is just that: writing with
misspelled words, grammatical errors, punctuation mistakes, and sloppy
formatting,” says Brian Konradt, a freelance writer, who designed, crafted
and created LousyWriter.com.
“The ease and informality of the
Internet has made us lazy writers,” claims Konradt. “With a few taps
of the keys on the keyboard, we can easily kick off a short note or letter
without thinking much about content, much less formatting. Usually we think
nothing about our lazy and sloppy writing in our e-mails because other people
e-mail us the same type of junk all the time.”
Unfortunately,
this type of thinking -- that society has accepted lazy writing, especially in
e-mails -- has negatively affected the quality of our writing in many areas,
both online and offline.
“Writing poorly adversely affects your
personal life and business career,” says Konradt. “Poor writing makes
you sound dumb and makes you look unprofessional. Do you really think with poor
writing skills you will get a job promotion, a salary raise, or seal a
multi-million dollar deal?”
Writing correctly is easy to do,
according to Mr. Konradt. “We only need 2,000 different words as part of
our vocabulary. We already know most of these words. We use these words in
everyday conversation. Knowing simple words, where to place them, and how to
use them correctly, makes us good writers.”
Writers and
non-writers can use LousyWriter.com to learn how to write different forms of
copy, how to use words correctly, how to write sentences, and how to
communicate effectively.
Brian Konradt has been a professional
freelance writer for over ten years. He is founder of FreelanceWriting.com (
http://www.freelancewriting.com ) and LiteracyNews.com (
http://www.literacynews.com ), two other popular resources
that help writers and non-writers become good writers. His goal in launching
LousyWriter.com ( http://www.lousywriter.com ) is to provide a first-rate
place to learn the mechanics of good writing.
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