How to Avoid These Ten Common Writing Mistakes
Let’s face it. Writing is hard. That’s why we start learning to write almost immediately when we enter school. It’s why writing is so heavily emphasized no matter how much education we have.
And today, in the age of the Internet, where content is king, it’s essential. In order to be competitive, you’ve gotta write that stuff down. That’s how to reach your audience. And then you’ve gotta create a Facebook Page, an Instagram Account, a Twitter Account. Maybe even dabble in Pinterest.
And continue to write content in order to stay in front of your audience. Because that’s what it’s all about. Staying in front of the audience.
But mistakes happen.
Trust me.
I see them. All. The. Time.
Here are ten of my favorites:
Spelling (ahem Autocorrect) Errors
Your, you’re; There, their, they’re; It’s, its; Effect, affect.
I swear, so many of these errors are autocorrect all the way. I get it. You’re typing away on your phone — and you’re thinking about a thousand other things while you hit the post button. An hour later, you look at what you posted and there’s a glaring error. Oops…
