Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation and long-time advocate for global equity, once shared that The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver deeply shaped her perspective.
In a world that values speed and output, stepping away from your work can feel counterintuitive. But if there’s one editing habit every professional should embrace, it’s this: walk away, then come back.
Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation and long-time advocate for global equity, once shared that The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver deeply shaped her perspective.
In a world that values speed and output, stepping away from your work can feel counterintuitive. But if there’s one editing habit every professional should embrace, it’s this: walk away, then come back.
When you make your writing easier to read, you’re not “dumbing it down.” You’re making it accessible. You’re respecting your reader’s time, energy, and attention.
On the surface, it may seem like a deeply personal novel, steeped in history and mythology. But Song of Solomon also speaks directly to the challenges of leadership, ambition, and legacy.
AI-generated content is fast, functional, and sometimes surprisingly clever. It knows what a sentence is supposed to look like. It follows the rules. It gets the job done.
But more often than not, something is… off.
