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Kate van der Borgh – Writer

I can help you with:

Thinking and writing

I can help you think through what you want to say. Then I can help you to say it in a way that works for your audience.

Training

I run bespoke workshops for brands. For instance, I worked with teams from Unilever and Vodafone to look at some of the specific communications they have to share with their colleagues and customers – from long, technical reports to blogs and tweets.

What I Do

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Ghost in the machine

by Kate van der Borgh | 17 August 2020 | Creative Writing, Play Area | 0 Comments

I wrote this story back in 2019. I’d just read To Be a Machine by Mark O’Connell, a book exploring how, for some people, death is a problem to be solved by technology.

The History Lesson

by Kate van der Borgh | 7 August 2020 | Play Area, Short stories | 0 Comments

This story is about how a moment in time can’t tell the story of a life. It was published by the Fiction Desk in the anthology Separations. [15 minute read]

FOUR

by Kate van der Borgh | 7 July 2020 | Play Area, Short stories | 0 Comments

This isn’t a classic short story – it’s more like a pitch for a film or TV series, in fact – but it was fun to write. [20 minute read]

The Curfew

by Kate van der Borgh | 3 July 2020 | Creative Writing, Play Area | 0 Comments

This poem is inspired by a tweet that asked women what they’d do if men had a curfew. Many responded that they’d go for a walk. [5 minute read]

For those who love

by Kate van der Borgh | 1 July 2020 | Creative Writing, Play Area | 0 Comments

In this short story from 2016, I wanted to explore how we define ‘ghosts’. [10 minute read]

Toxic

by Kate van der Borgh | 28 June 2020 | Creative Writing, Play Area | 0 Comments

This story is about how so much of what we mean – perhaps especially in our online culture – lives in the gaps between words. [25 minute read]

One and one

by Kate van der Borgh | 26 June 2020 | Creative Writing, Play Area | 0 Comments

This story was written as part of the 26 project 26 Miles, in which different writers wrote a story about each mile of the London marathon. [15 minute read]

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Why tone of voice is not your problem

by Kate van der Borgh | 27 June 2016 | Copy Chat, Tone of voice | 0 Comments

Loads of brands are convinced they’ve got a problem with their tone of voice. They think they need some tone of voice guidelines – ideally featuring...

Why asking for ‘a rewrite’ is A Bad Thing

by Kate van der Borgh | 26 June 2016 | Business speak, Copy Chat | 0 Comments

Think your brochure, your report, your website needs a quick rewrite, just to get the right tone of voice? Think again…

Why ditching that last draft is a false economy

by Kate van der Borgh | 23 June 2016 | Copy Chat, Freelance life | 0 Comments

It’s been almost two years since I handed in my key fob, tore up my travel card and became a freelance writer. That’s right – time doesn’t so much...

How to give feedback to a writer

by Kate van der Borgh | 23 June 2016 | Copy Chat, Copywriting, Freelance life | 0 Comments

‘I like it. But it needs to be… Different.’ Hmmm. Give feedback in the right way, and get the results you want – faster, and without any fuss.

How to work with a writer on your new website

by Kate van der Borgh | 23 June 2016 | Copy Chat, Digital | 0 Comments

Do I need an information architect? At what point should the copy go into design? So many questions. Here are a few answers.

Going solo: what I’ve learned

by Kate van der Borgh | 13 June 2016 | Copy Chat, Copywriting, Freelance life | 0 Comments

It’s been almost two years since I handed in my key fob, tore up my travel card and became a freelance writer. That’s right – time doesn’t so much...

Why cutting back on drafts is a false economy

by Kate van der Borgh | 26 May 2016 | Copy Chat, Copywriting, Freelance life | 0 Comments

Thinking of cutting costs by cutting back on the number of drafts your writer creates? Hmmm. Careful now. It might cost you in the end…

Freelance writing: things I’ve learned

by Kate van der Borgh | 12 May 2016 | Copy Chat, Copywriting, Freelance life | 0 Comments

It’s more than 18 months since I went freelance. Now I’m looking back at everything I’ve learned, so I can do better work and clients can run more successful projects.

What happens when your vision is unclear

by Kate van der Borgh | 11 May 2016 | Business speak, Copy Chat | 0 Comments

Think your message about ‘massive global change’ is inspiring? Think again…

A painful conversation

by Kate van der Borgh | 9 May 2016 | Business speak, Copy Chat, Copywriting | 0 Comments

The language we use tells people whether we’re on the same page as them. It tells whether we want the same thing. And that’s one of the reasons why language is extra important for those people who work in healthcare…

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