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What is Robust Writing?

First off, a definition:

“Robust writing is crisp, clear text that engages the attention of the reader and holds it. Its sentences are no longer than they need to be; its grammar as uncomplicated as possible. It uses words familiar to the reader and explains, clearly, terms and ideas that are new,” says Edmond Weiss, Ph.D.

That’s the type of writing I work hard to provide around here at, yes, Robust Writing.

If you’ve got a product to sell, an organization to promote, or any other type of story to tell, I’ll harness my professional writing experience to help you get that message out there.

Who is Robust Writing?

I’m Jesse Hines, a freelance professional writer in Newport News, Virginia, and I’ve written more than 50 published articles.

I’ve written company profiles and magazine articles for the Oyster Pointer, the Hampton Roads Health Journal, and the Williamsburg Health Journal, award-winning publications from the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.

I’ve also been published on Copyblogger and Write to Done, #1 and #4 respectively, on the list of Top 10 Blogs for Writers for 2008/2009.

Before all of that, I wrote newsletters, press releases, and other marketing materials during a public relations and marketing internship for the Virginia Air & Space Center (the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center) in Hampton, Virginia.

And prior to that, I earned an English degree with a concentration in writing from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.