Editor's note: This article was reviewed and updated in July 2026 to meet Expert Editor's latest editorial standards. Ernest Hemingway's famous advice was to "write drunk, edit sober". Alcohol and writing certainly have a reputation as bedfellows, with famed authors Edgar Allan Poe, Truman Capote, and Hemingway himself, being ...Read More
Editor's note: This article was reviewed and updated in July 2026 to meet Expert Editor's latest editorial standards. If you're a writer, it's likely you've spent at least a few minutes fantasising about what it would be like to see your work skyrocket to the top of the bestseller ...Read More
Editor's note: This article was reviewed and updated in July 2026 to meet Expert Editor's latest editorial standards. Making a full-time living as a writer is no easy task, even for the most prolific and talented scribblers. Many a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author slogged away at a ...Read More
Editor's note: This article was reviewed and updated in July 2026 to meet Expert Editor's latest editorial standards. George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language, published in 1946, is a battle cry in the fight against bad English. In Orwell's eyes, written English has become slovenly, vague and meaningless, ...Read More
Editor's note: This article was reviewed and updated in July 2026 to meet Expert Editor's latest editorial standards. "Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs" – David Ogilvy In 1962, Time Magazine declared advertising guru David Ogilvy as "the most sought-after wizard in today's advertising industry". During his years as ...Read More