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Writing for Business
and Pleasure

by Stephen Wilbers


Quote of the week

“I am interested in making a good case for distortion because I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people see.”
– Flannery O’Connor

 

 

Two 30-second writing exercises (updated weekly)
 Weekly error: What's wrong with the following sentence?

“Here’s an idea: Let’s elect the person whom we think will do the best job.”
 Weekly tip: Revise the following sentence to good effect.
 “Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) are complementary technologies. The surface of various materials at various magnifications can be examined using these techniques.”
 

Tuesdays with Wilbers: Join me for an afternoon workshop.
July 14 (if you've worked with me before), or
 August 11 (if you're working with me for the first time).

Take the Grammar, Proofreading, Punctuation, and Word Choice Challenges


To my Minneapolis Star Tribune readers
 Look for me on the first, third, and fifth Mondays of each month.

Thanks to everyone who attended my 800th column celebration/Loft benefit. We raised more than $1,000 for the Loft Literary Center! If you were unable to attend but still want to donate, please click for information.

Receive my columns every week by e-mail.


 

 Keys to Great Writing
 My most recent book,
 now available in
 paperback (reviews)

  Writing for Business
  Collected columns,
  winner of a Minnesota
  Book Award

  Writing by Wilbers
 Collected columns, vol. 2,
 now available as an e-book
 


Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: A History
for students, teachers, and writers interested in nature and the environment

Nature's Gallery
Photos by poet John Caddy,
downloadable for use as wallpaper

I’d like to hear from you. Send me a message.
I also invite you to connect with me through Facebook and LinkedIn.

 
In memory of four beloved Minnesota authors


  Paul Gruchow
(1947-2004)
 

Carol Bly
(1930-2007)

Jon Hassler
(1933-2008)

Bill Holm
(1943-2009)

Please to The Loft Literary Center. Thank you!
 

About the author
 

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Stephen Wilbers is a writing consultant, author, and syndicated columnist. Since 1983 he has offered training seminars in effective writing to more than 10,000 business, technical, legal, and academic writers.

In addition to offering on-site training seminars, he has taught in the University of Minnesota’s Management of Technology Program in the Center for the Development of Technological Leadership, the Carlson School of Management’s M.B.A. Program, the Program in American Studies, and the Program in Creative and Professional Writing. In 1995 he won an Outstanding Faculty Award for his teaching in Hamline University’s Graduate Public Administration Program.

  


His syndicated column on effective business writing appears in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Orange County Register, and other publications.

He has published two collections of his columns, Writing for Business (winner of a 1994 Minnesota Book Award) and Writing by Wilbers. In addition, his most recent book, Keys to Great Writing (advice on how to write with clarity, emphasis, and style), is now available in paperback.

He recently completed a collection of poems on the life of Ernest Oberholtzer, the gentle giant who helped save the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from development, and he is now working on a humorous book of writing instruction, A Grammatical Affair: A Romance with Language, which offers a review of common writing errors in the form of a sexy, wildly romantic, heartbreaking, sappy love story.

Dr. Wilbers earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt University and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. He was a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at the University of Essex in Colchester, England. At the University of Minnesota he directed one of the largest student academic support services operations in the country before serving as Associate Director of the Program in Creative and Professional writing. He lives in Minneapolis, where he serves as board chair of The Loft Literary Center.

For additional information, see his résumé.

I’d like to hear from you. Send me a message.

 

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