Numbers are not just a tool for analysis. Numbers also communicate. Once you’ve figured out the numbers for your story, the next step is to be able to use them clearly in your writing. No matter how ...

"There are three rules for writing a novel," W. Somerset Maugham once wrote. "Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are." If I had to adapt Maugham's quip to business, scientific and technical writing ...

Writing a check correctly can be intimidating, especially if you’re out of practice — or never learned. The less you use your checkbook, the more confusing it can be — especially when it comes to ...

What is it like to write about numbers? To tell a story through characters who count? To make numbers almost another character of the work? Two writers who have written about people with numbers ...