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:

March 16, 2021 Episode 75, 16 March 1244
777 years ago today, at the foot of a small mountain called Montségur in the French Pyrenees, 210 cathar heretics voluntarily burnt to death rather than recant their religious beliefs.
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9min
March 15, 2021 Episode 74, a clear and present threat to democracy
George Orwell, of '1984' fame, urged us all to use language to preserve our freedoms, which are now under threat from the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill going to Parliament today
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7min
March 14, 2021 Episode 73, Mother's Day in the UK (that rhymes)
A delightful ditty by Robert Louis Stevenson on this special day
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6min
March 13, 2021 Episode 72, Wind III, abstract nouns
Abstract language makes the reader work harder to get your meaning. Scott shows how to cure this ailment.
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5min
March 12, 2021 Episode 71, lost for words?
We need to enlist the aid of what we find easiest to do - speech - to help us with what we find hardest - writing.
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7min
March 11, 2021 Episode 70, 'What if this road', by Sheenagh Pugh
The title alone of this poem captures my wobbly uncertainty about life as we await news of the fate of local girl Sarah Everard, who was abducted close to where I live. I pray for her safe return.
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4min
March 10, 2021 Episode 69, the Buckingham Palace statement
Scott unpicks the 61-word statement issued by the Palace in response to Meghan's allegations in the Oprah Winfrey interview
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7min
March 09, 2021 Episode 68, tautologies
Scott has some fun with terrible tautologies, another of Windy's ailments
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7min
March 08, 2021 Episode 67, Wind II
Good ideas should stand on their own. They don't need dressing or tarting up. If you find yourself being wordy, challenge the quality of your content first!
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8min
March 07, 2021 Episode 66, meet the next writing troll, Windy
Thanks to his beans-only diet, Windy suffers from literary flatulence. But you don't have to. The cure is simple.
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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.