The ingredients of good content

01/03/2024 17:41 - By RUTH BARTLETT

Crafting clear, meaningful content is like preparing a meal. Like a chef, a good wordsmith knows what it takes to create a lasting impression. 


It takes imagination and balance. The right ingredients, carefully sourced, selected and paired.

It takes meticulous preparation and consistent standards

It takes an exacting professional to design the perfect menu for the perfect dining experience.  It's about context, an ethos, a sense of purpose, a vision.

Like good food, good writing is creative yet authentic. Elegant yet honest. Simple, yet bold.


For many, language is a salad bar, with words serving only to fill a gap. Limp, bland and stale; the ingredients are cheap, standardised and mass-produced. The result is an unappetising, depressing and instantly forgettable.imp, bland and stale; the ingredients are cheap, standardised and mass-produced. The result is an unappetising, depressing and instantly forgettable.

Just like the food industry, meaningful communication has fallen victim to excessive standardisation. AI, targets, organisational structures, corporate cultures, shareholders, stakeholders, post-truth politics, disconnection, apathy, group think, compassion fatigue, and digital overwhelm are all complicit in the onslaught.

If your content is contaminated, how are you going to find out?

Your subordinates don't want to offend you.


Your family knows nothing about what you do or want to achieve.


Your family knows nothing about what you do or want to achieve.


Contractors are too battle-scarred, deferential or profit-driven to challenge you.


Your colleagues lied when they claimed to have checked it.


Your friends don't care about your business as much as you do.


That’s why you need me.

 I offer my clients a unique blend of laser focus, curiosity.


My background in intercultural education has given me the tools to approach problems from different perspectives, and my career in languages has made me obsessive about crafting language to convey meaning clearly, accurately and concisely.


I am relentless in sourcing information and fearless in slashing my way through word salad as I forage for facts. Enhancing meaning and adding that extra kick to make your content sizzle. 

Together, we could create the ultimate fine-writing experience. Let’s cook!