Posts made in January, 2012

Lost for Words? Try a Visual Thesaurus

Posted by Julie Collins on Jan 31, 2012 in Real Estate, Tech Tools, Writing Tips | 0 comments

We humans are creatures of habit. Whether it’s eating the same cereal for breakfast or taking the same route to work, it’s easy to fall into ruts. This includes the words we tend to use when we talk or write. I’m as guilty as anyone. When I reread my first draft of an article, I often find words making repeat performances. Fortunately, this is one of the easiest things for any writer to fix. Either restructure the sentence or find a word replacement. (Or maybe a little of both.) Synonyms are a mouse-click away in most word processing programs. You’ll find more and...