Kat Taylor
6 steps to make your writing more accessible
Last week I spoke about formatting your documents to make them more accessible to certain groups such as those with dyslexia and visual...
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Kat Taylor
- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
10 tips to keep your text formatting accessible
If you're creating content, I'm guessing that you'd like as many people as possible to be able to read and enjoy it. Did you know that...
Kat Taylor
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
5 reasons I don't let rejections from literary agents stop me
You've just received your first rejection letter. Here's why you shouldn't give up.
Kat Taylor
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Making sense of capitalisation: week 4 - capitalising common nouns
A common noun is the generic name for a person, place or thing in a class or group. For example, boy, city and cat are common nouns.
Kat Taylor
- Mar 9, 2020
- 5 min
Making sense of capitalisation: week 2 - the rules of capitalisation
Should I capitalise this, you ask. This simple set of rules should help you decide. We'll address all of the common mistakes and areas that
Kat Taylor
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
5 tips to stick to your word count in any written assignment
If you've been asked to stick to a word count on an assignment, there's usually a good reason for it. The following tips will help you keep
Kat Taylor
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
How to punctuate your Christmas list (and earn extra Santa points)
Everybody loves a list, especially Father Christmas. Earn a few extra Santa points by correctly punctuating your Christmas wish list.
Kat Taylor
- Aug 31, 2019
- 4 min
10 ways to banish procrastination and get your writing mojo back
Procrastination. We all do it. But how do we stop it and get back to the task we were avoiding in the first place? These 10 tips should help
Kat Taylor
- Aug 19, 2019
- 3 min
5 ways to avoid plagiarism and keep your academic writing original
Using other people's thoughts or writings as your own, either deliberately or inadvertently, is plagiarism, but how do you avoid it?
Kat Taylor
- Aug 5, 2019
- 4 min
10 tips to keep your PhD thesis on track
Writing up your PhD thesis can be terrifying, but stay calm and read on for my top 10 tips to help you stay on track.
Kat Taylor
- Jun 7, 2019
- 3 min
10 tips to help you write a stand-out pitch letter to an agent
Writing a cover letter to a literary agent is hard, but not as hard as you think. Here are author Russ Thomas' top tips.
Kat Taylor
- May 4, 2019
- 3 min
10 tips to help you write a knock-out synopsis
Something I often get asked by authors is how to make their synopsis stand out from the crowd. First, let's be clear about what a...
Kat Taylor
- Apr 12, 2019
- 3 min
Proofreading: Man or machine?
Spell check, autocorrect and tools like them are great, but they have their limits. If I spell a word incorrectly, that helpful red line...
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