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Writing With Flair: How To Become An Exceptional Writer by Udemy
Ex-Wall Street Journal Editor Teaches How To Write With Impeccable Style
Course Highlights
- You will receive a Writing With Flair Certificate of Completion after finishing the course.
- You will learn how to write well from an ex-Wall Street Journal editor.
- You will discover the "secret sauce" of exceptional writing.
- You will learn how to make your writing more simple, clear, elegant and evocative.
- You will learn how to cultivate the unique mindset of an "elite" writer.
- You will learn how to become a more confident, competent and sophisticated writer.
- You will discover how to add style to your blogs, books and business writing.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
3 Topics
What You Will Learn
Tools Not Rules
Proof The Secret Sauce Works (Plus "Workbook")
6 Topics
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Write With Integrity
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Yearn To Connect
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Know Your Intent
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Aspire To Beauty
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Balance The Ingredients Like An Artist
MINDSET PRINCIPLE: Don't Be Obsessed With Perfection
20 Topics
The Beauty Of Simplicity
Fancy Flowery & Official Language
Fancy Flowery & Official Language (Exercises)
Economical ("Tight") Writing
Economical ("Tight") Writing (Exercises)
Redundant Words
Redundant Words (Exercises)
More Implied Words
More Implied Words (Exercises)
Long Words
Long Words (Exercises)
Careless Repetition
Careless Repetition (Exercises)
Rambling (Saying Too Much)
Double Negatives
Multiplying Entities
Overstretching Thoughts
Unnecessary Ceremony
Unnecessary Ceremony (Exercises)
Excessive Punctuation
16 Topics
The Beauty Of Clarity
Fuzzy Thinking
Missing Links
Out-Of-Focus Ideas
Misplaced Modifiers
Ambiguity
Ambiguity (Exercises)
Careless Comparisons
Clumsy Contrasts
Dubious Distinctions
Curly Writing
Jargon & Buzzwords
Mixing Tenses
It Versus They
This That & The
Removing Clutter
13 Topics
The Beauty Of Elegance
Presentational Elegance (Or "House Style")
Narrative Elegance
Narrative Elegance (Exercises)
Stray Thoughts
Elegant Paragraphs
Elegant Paragraphs (Exercises)
Timing Rhythm & Musicality
Timing Rhythm & Musicality (Exercises)
Elegant Transitions
Parallel Ideas
Parallel ideas (Exercises)
Word Echoes
13 Topics
The Beauty Of Evocativeness
Creating Variety
Creating Variety (Exercises)
Adding Freshness
Dramatic & Forceful Writing
Dramatic & Forceful Writing (Exercises)
Arousing The Senses
Reversing Into Sentences
Reversing Into Sentences II
Passive Sentences
Passive Sentences (Exercises)
Voice Tone & Character
Voice Tone & Character (Exercises)
10 Topics
Congratulations! You Are An Elite Writer
Key Lecture Summaries
The Elite Writer's Checklist
Further Reading
Where Next?
BONUS LECTURE: Watch Me Edit!
BONUS LECTURE: My 9-Step "Fast Editing" System
Sample Article
Bonus Article: Time Magazine
BONUS LECTURE: The Importance of Clarifying Your Intent
Writing With Flair: How To Become An Exceptional Writer
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