This week, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released their plain-language standard for written communication. This marks the first internationally accepted statement of what clear communication means. The movement towards […]
Clients sometimes tell us that they are “not writers”. What they usually mean is that they’re not looking for suggestion on how to take their writing to the next level—they […]
As mentioned before, there’s a series shaping up in our minds about Large Language Models (LLMs) and writing! We don’t pretend to have the answers for how writers should adjust […]
We’re thrilled and proud to announce that today we are launching ClarityGPT (cGPT), a large language model that automates what we do as editors and academic coaches at all levels. […]
The discourse around large language models (LLMs) continues to pick up steam, and shows no signs of slowing down. Just this week, we have the launch of GPT-4, which will […]
Following from last week’s post on deep work, we’ve been thinking a bit more about attention. Skill in writing is, among other things, skill with subtleties of attention. So let’s […]
We’re always reflecting on how our editing and academic coaching adds value to the world. We think a big piece of it has to do with helping people find deep […]
Elsewhere, we have written about the qualities of draft -1, draft 0, and draft 1. We offer these because starting to write can feel very different day-to-day, and sometimes minute-by-minute. […]
AI has really come into the writing mainstream over the last two years, causing great excitement and anxiety. Here at CDWC, we are following these developments with great interest. We […]
A reflection on how editing and coaching helps support a growth mindset to make writing easier and more fulfilling.