We asked you, Gentle Readers, to send us writing that moved you. Here are excerpts from your responses.

For some communication, e-mail is just the thing; other times, only a phone call will do. As you think about what message to send, consider how best to send it.

Learn to counter your opponent's arguments without giving them too much weight.

Some writing has special power; the power to move people. And isn't that what lawyers aspire to do?

Use technology to project; literally; an image that will impress your audience.

Somewhere between "the one hand" and "the other" may be the answer your client hired you to provide.

A gallery of horrors awaits legal writers who aren't attentive to; or who play fast and loose with; the details.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the new edition of the Bluebook is waiting to taunt you with its incomprehensible minutiae.

It may not be in your client's best interest to approach your relationship with opposing counsel as if it were war.

The dangers of e-mail communication and how to reduce them.

Learning to be your own editor is an important but challenging job. This checklist can help you revise your own work.

Been a while since you sharpened your writer's saw? These books can help.

To be truly persuasive, don't just write a brief; tell a story.

Okay, you've got a real job now; how do you transfer your writing skills from the classroom to the real world of lawyering? Here are some tips.

In the last two columns we looked at the drafting process and component parts of transaction documents.

Assemble the standard provisions and create the picture of a well-done deal.

Drafting a seaworthy document requires more than pasting form provisions into place; you have to learn the facts and the law.

Here's how to screen prospective hires for good legal writing skills.

Professor Collins touched a nerve with last month's column. Here are some of your responses and her reactions to them.

Give your audience what it wants; first, though, figure out who your audience is.

When does a word mean what it means rather than what people hear it to mean?

Attorneys are not above the laws of good marketing; ignore them at your peril.

The difference between the right word and the wrong word is the difference between ... regardless and irregardless.