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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
FAQs about The Writing Guy:How many episodes does The Writing Guy have?The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.
February 04, 2021Episode 35, 'The 7 Writing Trolls and How to Tame 'em'(Scott's ebook).Troll #1: Lazy. Lazy writers focus on themselves to the exclusion of the reader....more8minPlay
February 03, 2021Episode 34, the three boxes your comms must tickThe voluntary sector is the Perfect Aristotelian Storm of Rhetoric: Credibility, Facts and Emotion. Are your comms ticking all three?...more6minPlay
February 02, 2021Episode 33, more on that mathematical equationRV (Reader Value) must be equal to or greater than the brain calories the reader expends (RC) to get your meaning....more7minPlay
February 01, 2021Episode 32, a mathematical equation between reader and writerRV (Reader Value) must be equal to or greater than RC (Reader Calories) expended to get that Value....more7minPlay
January 31, 2021Episode 31, the holy trinity of great writingThe three core elements of good or great writing...more7minPlay
January 30, 2021Episode 30, readers don't wanna work that hard!If you lace your writing with too much abstract language, you'll make your reader work harder than they want to to get your meaning....more7minPlay
January 29, 2021Episode 29, how we open is vitalYour opening pages set the tone for the rest of your communication and (should) give your reader a mental map to navigate the rest....more7minPlay
January 28, 2021Episode 28, the three timeless persuasive appealsEthos, Logos, Pathos - coined by Aristotle 2400 years ago - are as valid today as ever....more9minPlay
January 27, 2021Episode 27, modern tricolaWe can use the pattern of three both on a micro-level, ie in words or phrases, and on a macro-level, ie structurally, as in the 3-act play....more6minPlay
January 26, 2021Episode 26, the power of threeOne of the most common rhetorical devices is the tricolon, or list of three. Join the persuaders down the ages who have used this device mercilessly to influence their readers or listeners....more8minPlay
FAQs about The Writing Guy:How many episodes does The Writing Guy have?The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.