Category: Writing

Ask Ranjani Anything

How to write well without taking too much time?

Ranjani, September 27, 2020June 10, 2023

You are asking for alchemy, my friend.

Freelancing

Do you have frameworks and are you documenting them?

Ranjani, September 22, 2020June 10, 2023

As a freelancer, it’s crucial to have thorough documentation for your frameworks, because they define the way we do work.

Writing

Difference between understanding feedback and applying it.

Ranjani, September 21, 2020June 10, 2023

We talk a lot about giving and taking feedback. There is enough literature about this in the world. In the last month I realised that there is something far more important than giving and taking feedback: Applying it.

Freelancing

Be stylish. Consistently.

Ranjani, September 9, 2020June 10, 2023

Do you have a home style? As in, do you have a consistent way in which all your deliverables look/feel?

Writing

Don’t use a word more than once in a sentence.

Ranjani, September 5, 2020June 10, 2023

This is a very basic writing tip. Don’t use the same word more than once in a sentence (or even a paragraph) — unless that is the point.

Freelancing

Do you resolve reviewer comments?

Ranjani, September 3, 2020June 10, 2023

Many writers resolve reviewer comments, which is inefficient. It assumes you’ve resolved it. But you can’t decide that; the reviewer should.

Writing

When you can’t gauge your own work, ask someone else to look at it.

Ranjani, September 1, 2020June 10, 2023

Just show your work and ask for an opinion.

Learning

Critical reading for better writing.

Ranjani, August 29, 2020June 10, 2023

Sample for critical reading from Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, The Serial Killer.

Writing

Do better, dear writer.

Ranjani, August 18, 2020June 10, 2023

Thoughtless writing is the bane of the Internet era (or was it so always?) In this blog post, I give some pointers on how to be thoughtful and write better.

Writing

My need for precision. Or why I hate placeholder words.

Ranjani, July 21, 2020June 10, 2023

Fundamentally, these words disturb my obsessive need for precision. My writerly goal is precision. Nothing bothers me more than being misconstrued.