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The Writing Guy episodes
- Episode 155, The Magick of StoryGood stories engage readers neurologically, triggering chemicals in the brain that change behaviour. But the language we use to describe their impact relates to Old English and Magick.10 min
- Episode 154, Engagement is all!Every writer wants to 'engage' their reader, but where does the word hail from? Scott tries to unpick its origin.10 min
- Episode 153, happy summer solstice!On the longest day of the year, Scott explains the meaning of the solstice and the origin of the term.9 min
- Episode 152, has working from home changed how we write?
How to improve your writing skills. In preparing a forthcoming talk for a client, Scott wonders if the post-COVID business world is readier than ever for a more human writing style.
9 min - Episode 151, write Human!
Scott unpicks a 16-word sentence that sounds more like it's been written by a robot than a human. Writing Human is a major way of improving your writing skills.
8 min - Episode 150, review and preview of this podcast
Scott thanks his small but growing audience for their listenership, reviews his highlights so far and asks his listeners for their topic suggestions ([email protected]) — all in the name of improving your writing skills.
11 min - Episode 149, the written word makes historyCan you guess which famous document - drafted in medieval Latin - Scott is reading from today? (Forgive his atrocious pronunciation!)9 min
- Episode 148, the ornithological source of 'jargon'As birdsong washed over him at Stonehenge, Scott's thoughts turn (inevitably) to ancient language.7 min
- Episode 147, Stonehenge and words of worshipScott examines the origin of words like 'worship', 'adore', 'venerate' and 'revere'.8 min
- Episode 146, how a client doubled her readability (in 10 mins)Applying Scott's 'Big Five writing techniques helped Kelly take her readability from 36.3% to 71.7%.9 min
About The Writing Guy
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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,…
rhythm, poetry and poetic meter, grammar, punctuation and voice.