The Writing Guy

By Scott Keyser

A daily exploration of the written word from a seasoned writer and writing skills trainer, to help you improve your English writing skills. The pod covers persuasive writing, therapeutic writing, rhyt... more

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How many episodes does The Writing Guy have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.

The Writing Guy episodes:

May 02, 2021 Episode 115, element #3 of great writing: personality
Scott reminds us that writing with no authorial personality is missing a vital dimension.
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8min
April 30, 2021 Episode 114, element #2 of great writing: clarity
Scott riffs on the merits of plain English.
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10min
April 29, 2021 Episode 113, element #1 of great writing: content
Scott talks about how to create great content.
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9min
April 28, 2021 Episode 112, grammar and pig shit
Scott cites an example of monumental pollution to illustrate a persuasion principle.
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11min
April 27, 2021 Episode 111, 'take heed'
Scott looks at the Germanic origin of the phrase and its layers of meaning.
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6min
April 26, 2021 Episode 110, Client Earth
I've started writing pro bono for a new environmental organisation called 'Lawyers for Net Zero'. My writing research led me back to a book on my shelf called 'ClientEarth', which won the Judges' Choice award in the first Business Book Awards in 2018 (I was one of the judges). Both ClientEarth and Lawyers for Net Zero are fighting climate change through lawyers and the law. I commend the book and the work of both organisations to you.
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10min
April 23, 2021 Episode 109, Bard Day
Today, 23 April, is the birthday (and death day) of William Shakespeare, who introduced 1700 new words and phrases to the English language. Scott shares a handful of those with us, plus shouts out to David and Ben Crystal as authorities on the Bard.
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8min
April 22, 2021 Episode 108, Earth Day
Scott muses on the significance of today in light of Joe Biden's emissions announcement and the Moxie - a box that turns carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen.
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8min
April 21, 2021 Episode 107, post mortem on mega bid
Scott's audit of two bid questions exposes how badly written they are, making it even harder for the bidders to respond.
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11min
April 20, 2021 Episode 106, your LinkedIn profile
Stop using S.O.W.s (Severely Over-used Words) in your LI profile!
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7min

FAQs about The Writing Guy:

How many episodes does The Writing Guy have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.