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You decide what you want the world to understand.

I help you see and convey.

Personal blogs

Introductions first

A warm welcome to Scriptum Bene, which means it was written well in Latin.

We do this together.

My specialisation in English rhetoric coaches you in a positive way to write better.

A dichotomy of sorts

it represents a strange phenomenon in my head.

As a child I loved to go on vacations because it meant new scenery, perhaps a swimming pool, feeling like a mermaid under water, or experience new foods I had not tasted, like my first kiwi when I was nine years old.

My start with the Beaver Lake Cree First Nation landmark case

This is my favorite kind of work, and the reason for it all.

At the Crowd Versus, we want to change the ways of irresponsible corporations and governments. We do this through supporting litigation and policy changes — everywhere, financially and in raising awareness. We accomplish this by activating people to join in litigation that encompasses the principles of real change for a better society and world.

We miss you Gnof

There two parents stand, hand in hand.

They’ve made the call to the vet, and they are keeping the fringes of their hearts together.

And then the pandemic happened

Time does stand still in a forest.

At the time of the pandemic’s constantly developing scientific insights, people were beginning to form and create pods.

Why do we try?

The reasons to be an idealist.

For years, I was told that I was an idealist, and that I should stop.

The vision I had of the world to be would never be; simply because it was too perfect or beautiful or (worse for those in charge) fair for all.

I have encountered people who are realistic. They think they see the entire world is as it is right now.

My mother's melted chocolate jimmies bread sandwich

The strange realization that I couldn’t call her anymore to ask about something we had done on vacation, to ask her about people we knew from when I was a kid in a different country, to learn more about our family’s past, or to doublecheck how to make a family recipe, that bothers me the most now. 

A Recommendation

 

“Jone manages to shorten texts to their most effective levels yet maintains the integrity of the content.”

The Hon. Michael C. Bozeman

Fulton County Superior Court Judge

 

een aanbeveling

 

“Op basis van mijn eigen ervaring kan ik Scriptumbene van harte aanbevelen. Jone stelt het doel voorop: welk publiek wil je met jouw tekst bereiken? Wat is de voornaamste boodschap van jouw tekst? Wil je spreektaal of specialistentaal, is het voor een populair of een wetenschappelijk tijdschrift, voor een krant of voor een boek? Jone kent haar weg in deze verschillende stijlen van taalgebruik.

Ze is niet alleen perfect tweetalig, maar ook is de kans groot dat ze wel iets weet van jouw onderwerp, zodat ze met jou kan meedenken over goede formuleringen. Ze kan bijvoorbeeld een in het Nederlands geschreven tekst vertalen of een in het Engels geschreven tekst corrigeren.

Dat laatste leidde in mijn geval tot veel kleine verbeteringen en een soepeler lopende tekst, die niet meer te onderscheiden was van het taalgebruik van een native speaker. En dit alles in prettig overleg, waarbij ik mijn vakinhoudelijke inbreng behield.”

 

Frans van Peperstraten

Tilburg University

 

Write your best

 

First drafts exist for a reason.

Another person’s perspective can add a fresh look onto something not discovered or considered before.

Take a moment and let’s connect to see if I can add meaning to your content.