About Naomi Tepper

Chances are your professor has given you an assignment to write an essay that reflects on a piece of literature, or another body of work like a film or play. Do you know how to write a good essay? One basic way to elevate the quality of your next essay is to stop...

Hello again, budding ESL writer! We left off our last ESL post (How to Avoid 3 Common ESL Writing Mistakes) reminding you that it’s okay if your written English isn’t perfect because there’s  no such thing as perfect English. That’s an important message...

What’s the difference between writing a cover letter that will land you a job, and writing a cover letter that will end up in a paper shredder? It’s all about language choices. When writing a cover letter, you have three, maybe four, paragraphs to tell your...

Have you ever made an awesome chocolate cake without looking at a recipe first? Unless you are an extremely talented baker, most likely the answer is “no.” Just one cup of flour too many and your chocolate dessert will be a chocolate mess! The same goes for...

I’m going to make a bold statement: Any online proofreading service that uses Microsoft Word’s word counter as the basis for its proofreading rates is ripping you off. (Hint, that’s nearly all of them!) To prove my point, I obtained a quote on the exact same...