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Articles on AI and accurate writing, free templates for documents that get read carefully later, and practical writing guides. All free, no account needed.
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See all 28 November 2026
Is it safe to use ChatGPT or Copilot for legal letters? Five things to check
Asked to tidy a lawyer’s note, a general AI tool added a five-day deadline and "without additional warning". A real example, the ABA’s guidance, and five checks before any AI-edited letter goes out.
18 October 2026
How AI editing adds fake citations: TOV Realty v. Suarez
A lawyer checked every citation, then had ChatGPT polish the brief, and the polish changed the citations. What the court found, and a checklist for any filing an AI tool has touched.
Free templates
Incident report template
A free template, how to write one, and a worked oil and gas example.
Demand letter template
A free template, a worked example for an unpaid invoice, and the mistake AI tools make with demand letters.
Medical referral letter template
A free template for referring a patient to a specialist, with a worked cardiology example.
Writing guides
The complete guide to word count
How word count is calculated, and why it matters.
How to cut word count without losing the argument
What to cut first, with before and after examples.
Words to pages: the real conversion table
How many pages 1,000 words fills, and why it varies.
Reading time: how it is calculated
Where the minutes-to-read number comes from, and why estimates disagree.
How long should a blog post be?
What the data says, and how to pick a length for your own piece.
Commonly confused words
Affect or effect, advice or advise, fewer or less: explained, not just defined.
The complete guide to word scrambling
How unscramblers work, and why a game sometimes rejects a word.