The Writing Guy
By Scott Keyser
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Episodes: 225
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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.
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Episode 225, the true meaning of Commitment
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Episode 224. A mother's death
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 223, Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Come Writing
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Episode 222, 17 things James is gonna change about his writing
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Episode 221, writing and mindset
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Episode 220, the origin of 'protest'
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Episode 219, switching mindset
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Episode 218, client feedback on my rhetorica writing techniques
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 217, the four readability stats
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Episode 216, how multi-coloured is your writing?
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 215, The Myth of Professionalism
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 214, curing 'technical noise' in your bids
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Episode 213, what a bid client took away from a day's coaching with me
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Episode 212, George Monbiot's brilliance on how capitalism is killing the planet
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Episode 211, three dimensions of world-class bids
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 210, Agincourt 1415
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Episode 209, on St Crispin's Day, celebrating Agincourt (1415) and Chaucer (1400)
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 208, the oppositional language of protest
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Episode 207, 'sh*t', a visceral word used with power
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Episode 206, a common grammar mistake: the comma splice
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 205, wanna write flabby, flaccid, paunchy emails to clients?
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Episode 204, why does rhythm affect humans so powerfully?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Episode 203, 1066 and its impact on our language
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 202, the power of a simple, elemental idea
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 201, two magic words to sprinkle over your writing
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Episode 200, the noble warriors who are peaceful water protectors
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 199, more nature writing to soothe your soul
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 198, recognising nature's beauty through language
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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Episode 197, pain engages prospects
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 196, Jerusalem 2.0
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Episode 195, Boris Johnson's party conference speech
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 194, an icon of music and language turns 70 today
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Episode 193, how to write actions and benefits, outcomes or results
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode 192, Keir Starmer's missed opportunity
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 191, plain English, and a limerick inspired by Welsh beauty
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 190, the artist's investment in their art
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 189 George W Bush's welcome letter to the new President, Barack Obama
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 188, the story's (first) climax
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Episode 187, the great fish surfaces for the first time ('The Old Man and The Sea')
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode 186, Hemingway's economical style
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Episode 185, the simplicity of 15 writing techniques
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 184, the power of rhythm
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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Episode 183, 9/11
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Episode 182, compassion
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Episode 181, JRR Tolkien
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Episode 180, neurologically engaging writing (!)
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 179, A Midsummer Night's Dream in Cambridge
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 178, nailing your elevator pitch
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Episode 177, hear the voice of a Victorian costermonger
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Episode 176, the sad history of St Giles, London
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Episode 175, the origin of 'taboo'
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Episode 174, the etymology of the c-word
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Episode 173, a poetic elevator pitch?!
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 172, John Dryden's 390th birthday, England's first Poet Laureate
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Episode 171, another five headline writing techniques
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Episode 170, you can't go wrong with plain English
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Episode 169, Ted Hughes's birthday
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 168, the written word has never been more important
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Episode 167, rhetorica II's 15 techniques
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 166, the death of William Blake
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Episode 165, the power of punctuation
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Episode 164, the rhythm of writing ratios (alliteration!)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Episode 163, the S.C.O.T.T. techniques raise writing confidence
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode 162, S.C.O.T.T.
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Episode 161, Ernest Hemingway's writing style
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Episode 160, nailing your prospects' painpoints
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 159, gratitude
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Episode 158, sharing my 62nd birthday with Mr Controversy
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 157, the joy of rhythm
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Episode 156, the link between motion and emotion
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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Episode 155, The Magick of Story
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Episode 154, Engagement is all!
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Episode 153, happy summer solstice!
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 152, has working from home changed how we write?
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 151, write Human!
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Episode 150, review and preview of this podcast
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Episode 149, the written word makes history
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Episode 148, the ornithological source of 'jargon'
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 147, Stonehenge and words of worship
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Episode 146, how a client doubled her readability (in 10 mins)
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 145, how to cure wordiness
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Episode 144, the Magick of Spelling
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 143, Scott's Big Five (writing techniques)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 142, my serendipitous day
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Episode 141, Scott's Big Five
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 140, Walt Whitman's elegy to Lincoln
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May 31, 2021 |
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Episode 139, fiction and survival
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May 30, 2021 |
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Episode 138, Noah Webster, American man of letters
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 137, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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May 27, 2021 |
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Episode 136, the death of the Father of English History
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May 26, 2021 |
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Episode 135, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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May 25, 2021 |
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Episode 134, the power of protest
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 133, structure trumps language
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May 22, 2021 |
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Episode 132, structuring your writing
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 131, 20 May 1609, Shakespeare's sonnets published
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May 20, 2021 |
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Episode 130, birth (and death)
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May 19, 2021 |
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Episode 129, sentence hotspots
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May 18, 2021 |
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Episode 128, doom
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 127, Woodstock
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May 16, 2021 |
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Episode 126, the trials and tribulations of bidding
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 125, the power of a good story well told
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May 13, 2021 |
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Episode 124, National Limerick Day
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 123, why structure trumps language
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 122, objective vs message
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode 121, why plan?
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May 08, 2021 |
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Episode 120, head or heart?
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 119, 6 May 1954
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May 06, 2021 |
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Episode 118, 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 117, Alice in Wonderland
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 116, five levels of demand on a mega bid
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 115, element #3 of great writing: personality
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May 02, 2021 |
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Episode 114, element #2 of great writing: clarity
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 113, element #1 of great writing: content
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Episode 112, grammar and pig shit
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Episode 111, 'take heed'
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Episode 110, Client Earth
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 109, Bard Day
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode 108, Earth Day
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 107, post mortem on mega bid
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Episode 106, your LinkedIn profile
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Episode 105, the origin of 'bless'
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 104, rhythm and brainwaves
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode 103, Prince Philip's funeral hymn
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode 102, Dr Johnson's Dictionary, April 1755
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 101, the power of story
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode 100, a gripping tale on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, 14 April 1865
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Episode 99, the Declaration of Independence on Thomas Jefferson's birthday
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Episode 98, the climate emergency
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 97, the need for reassurance
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode 96, tributes paid to Prince Philip
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode 95, Maddison's spam email
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 94, a God-sized hole
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Episode 93, Easter Sunday
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Episode 92, the sanctity of all life
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Episode 91, keep it real
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Episode 90, David and love
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode 89, the Specific, the Definite and the Concrete
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Episode 88, 'The Elements of Style'
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 87, the inverse relationship between reader and writer
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Episode 86, nail your information design first
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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Episode 85, happy birthday Robert Frost
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 84, the monarchy of English
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Episode 83, neurologically engaging writing (!)
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Episode 82, get the structure right first
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 81, needy verbs
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 80, a small victory for democracy
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode 79, tribute to Sarah Everard
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Episode 78, three 'quick wins' when you're editing
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 77, Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Episode 76, the PCSC Bill
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Episode 75, 16 March 1244
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Episode 74, a clear and present threat to democracy
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 73, Mother's Day in the UK (that rhymes)
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Episode 72, Wind III, abstract nouns
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Episode 71, lost for words?
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 70, 'What if this road', by Sheenagh Pugh
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Episode 69, the Buckingham Palace statement
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Episode 68, tautologies
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Episode 67, Wind II
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 66, meet the next writing troll, Windy
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Episode 65, how to write with 'panache' (merci, Cyrano de Bergerac)
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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Episode 64, The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 63, on this day in 1861 Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as 16th President
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Episode 62, when is it OK to use the passive voice?
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Episode 61, troll Slippy and his love of the passive voice
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Episode 60, synonyms for 'tired', and troll Slippy
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 59, how writing troll #3, Gushy, uses adjectives
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Episode 58, The Song of Hiawatha
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Episode 57, abstractionism ad absurdum - a new writing syndrome
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 56, how not to write like Gushy, troll #3
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Episode 55, Bowdler and Gushy
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Episode 54, in celebration of John Keats's death today, 23 Feb.
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Episode 53, sixth and final part of 'Ash Wednesday', by TS Eliot
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode 52, pt V of Ash Wednesday by TS Eliot
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Episode 51, pt IV of 'Ash Wednesday' by TS Eliot
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Episode 50, pt III of 'Ash Wednesday' by TS Eliot
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 49, pt II of 'Ash Wednesday', by TS Eliot
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Episode 48, 'Ash Wednesday', 1930, TS Eliot
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Episode 47, exec summary for a bid
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 46, Troll #2, Cocky
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 45, the power of the human voice
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Episode 44, The Cluetrain Manifesto
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Episode 43, why rhythm matters
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 42, applying meter to (instruction) manuals
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Episode 41, the origin of meter
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Episode 40, the power of poetic meter
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode 39, meter and meaning
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Episode 38, why meter matters
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Episode 37, Troll #2, Cocky
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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Episode 36, more on Troll #1, Lazy
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 35, 'The 7 Writing Trolls and How to Tame 'em'(Scott's ebook).
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Episode 34, the three boxes your comms must tick
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Episode 33, more on that mathematical equation
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 32, a mathematical equation between reader and writer
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 31, the holy trinity of great writing
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Episode 30, readers don't wanna work that hard!
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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Episode 29, how we open is vital
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 28, the three timeless persuasive appeals
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Episode 27, modern tricola
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Episode 26, the power of three
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Episode 25, the elements of style
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 24, anaphora
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Episode 23: S.O.W.s, or Severely Over-used Words.
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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Episode 22, Plan!
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 21, That Inauguration Poem
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Episode 20, The Readability Guru
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Episode 19, the Readability Stats
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode 18, contractions
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 17, writing with personality
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Episode 16, plain English
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Episode 15: register and word-choice
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 14: register
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Episode 13: pseudo-objective writing
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode 12, 'The Applicant'
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode 11, nounitis
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Episode 10, The Heroic Line
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Episode 9, Rollerblading, rhythm and poetic meter
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Episode 8: 'The Angels of America'
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 7: the magic of personalisation.
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Episode 6: blog on plain English
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 5. rhetorica technique #1: Write for your Reader
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Episode 4: the 'rhetorica' writing techniques
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode 3: R.O.L., tone of voice and spirit
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Episode 2: Latin, voice and R.O.L.
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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The Writing Guy podcast, episode 1
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Jan 01, 2021 |