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Reading & Books	What serious readers do differently — and why it makes them better writers Hand a manuscript back to a writer with a single note in the margin — "you've been reading a good deal of Cormac McCarthy lately, haven't you? Graeme Brown	Jun 24
Communication	Giving feedback on someone's writing without damaging the relationship A writer hands me a draft and says, "Be honest, tear it apart." They almost never mean it. Brendan Brown	Jun 23
Writing & Editing	Why your first draft is supposed to be bad (and what that means for how you write) A writer hands us a manuscript and apologises before we have read a word. The opening chapter is rough, she says, she knows it, she nearly rewrote it four times before sending it. Global English Editing Editorial Team	Jun 21
Reading & Books	Why re-reading a book is not a waste of time A certain kind of paperback gives a person away: the spine cracked in three places, the cover soft at the corners, a coffee ring on page forty. Global English Editing Editorial Team	Jun 19
Language & Intelligence	What your vocabulary reveals about your habits of attention A manuscript crosses the desk in which a character "got hurt." Not was hit by a car, not fell, not was beaten—just got hurt, the agent dissolved out of the sentence entirely. Global English Editing Editorial Team	Jun 19
Language & Intelligence	The words people choose under pressure — and what they signal to others Read enough apology emails and you start to notice the tell. The sentences get shorter. Global English Editing Editorial Team	Jun 18