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:

July 01, 2021 Episode 155, The Magick of Story
Good 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.
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10min
June 30, 2021 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.
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10min
June 21, 2021 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.
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9min
June 18, 2021 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.
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9min
June 17, 2021 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.
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8min
June 16, 2021 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.
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11min
June 15, 2021 Episode 149, the written word makes history
Can you guess which famous document - drafted in medieval Latin - Scott is reading from today? (Forgive his atrocious pronunciation!)
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9min
June 14, 2021 Episode 148, the ornithological source of 'jargon'
As birdsong washed over him at Stonehenge, Scott's thoughts turn (inevitably) to ancient language.
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7min
June 13, 2021 Episode 147, Stonehenge and words of worship
Scott examines the origin of words like 'worship', 'adore', 'venerate' and 'revere'.
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8min
June 11, 2021 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%.
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9min

FAQs about The Writing Guy:

How many episodes does The Writing Guy have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.