Last updated 7/2022
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Language: English | Size: 496.80 MB | Duration: 2h 37m
Tested Techniques for Fast Writing Skills Improvement
What you'll learn
Write clear, precise, and direct prose
Find alternative ways of constructing sentences
Communicate better with readers
Avoid clichéd words and phrases
Develop greater command of the English language
Requirements
Word processing software like Microsoft Word or OpenOffice
Description
One of the high-rated writing courses on Udemy4.77 out of 5 all time student rating (95.4%)35*5-Star reviewsTaught by a UNIVERSITY*PROFESSOR, Dr. Duncan KoerberWhat students say..."Excellent--I rate it ten stars out of five." - Julie Heyer, Udemy Student"Take this course - improve your writing - end of story!" - James Cochrane, Udemy Student"The content is fantastic." - Chris Lewis, Udemy Student"Information that you can apply right away." - Kim Ruby, Udemy Student"I can tell he's passionate about his work and he shows it throughout the lessons." - Ana, Udemy Student"I recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their writing." - Sheverley Maye, Udemy Student"This is an especially useful and remarkably good course." - Avrohom Meir Greenhut, Udemy Student"The assignments forced me to become more objective and build better habits." - Marla Morris, Udemy Student*"The explanation of parallelism*and its usage was simply amazing." - Bindu Midha, Udemy StudentDo you want to impress employers, editors, or*online readers with your writing? Do you want to get A grades on term papers and essays? Do you want to become a good writer - in creative non-fiction, journalism, fiction, or academic writing - as quickly as possible?The secret to this writing success is not studying 200 grammar and style points in the*writing textbooks.*Instead, this course - designed by an experienced university professor and published author with Oxford University Press - shows you the*sentence-level lessons you need to know to write well. These are the 7 most common problems found in people's writing. These problems most likely lurk - like weeds - in your writing right now. If you complete the lessons and exercises honestly and fully as outlined in this course, then your writing will improve in just a few weeks of intensive study. If you do not find this course helpful, you may request a refund within 30 days, no questions asked.*These lessons and exercises were designed and tested at the University of Toronto and York University with thousands of undergraduate students. Many*students improved their grades by a whole grade category after completing these lessons, finding that this short list of key lessons provides clarity. Students have applied these lessons in the workplace to great success.*Join now and complete this course to produce writing that gets you the job, earns you an A grade, lands you a writing contract, or impresses that magazine or newspaper editor. In this comprehensive course, I will help you:See sentences more objectively;Understand the factors that interfere with communication;Remove dead language - such as dead verbs and weak nouns - from your writing;Avoid embarrassing clichés;Write more clear, direct, and precise sentences;Use adjectives and adverbs more carefully, in targeted ways;Write poetically and rhythmically with parallelism and sentence variation;Add detail to your writing;Become an original writer, not a copy.Your writing transformation awaits...
Overview
Section 1: Welcome to the Course!
Lecture 1 Welcome from the Instructor
Lecture 2 How to Make the Most of this Course
Section 2: Writing Clearly for Publications, Work, and School
Lecture 3 Economy Introduction
Lecture 4 Redundancy
Lecture 5 Phoney Intensifiers
Lecture 6 Stretchers
Lecture 7 Thickeners
Lecture 8 Answers to Some Questions
Section 3: How Dead Verbs Are Killing Your Writing
Lecture 9 Verbs Introduction
Lecture 10 Concrete Verbs
Lecture 11 Weak Verbs
Lecture 12 Dead Verbs
Lecture 13 The Consequences of Dead Verbs
Section 4: Become an Active Writer
Lecture 14 Active Voice Introduction
Lecture 15 Active Voice
Lecture 16 Passive Voice
Lecture 17 The Morality of Passive Voice
Lecture 18 Passive Voice Exceptions
Section 5: Create Pictures in Your Writing with Strong Nouns
Lecture 19 Nouns Introduction
Lecture 20 Nouns
Lecture 21 Weak Nouns
Lecture 22 Pronouns
Lecture 23 When Pronouns Go Wrong
Section 6: How to be an Original Writer and Avoid Clichés
Lecture 24 Original Writing Introduction
Lecture 25 Clichés
Lecture 26 Why Do People Use Clichés?
Lecture 27 When It's Okay to Use a Cliché
Lecture 28 Being Original
Section 7: Prevent Train Wreck Sentences with Parallelism
Lecture 29 Parallelism Introduction
Lecture 30 Surface and Under the Surface Parallelism
Lecture 31 Verb Series
Lecture 32 Noun Series
Lecture 33 Adjective Series
Lecture 34 Adverb Series
Lecture 35 Preposition Series
Lecture 36 Multiple Element Series
Lecture 37 Parallelism Conclusion
Section 8: Freshen your Sentences with Patterns and Length Variation
Lecture 38 Sentence Variation Principles
Lecture 39 Sentence Patterns
Lecture 40 Short Sentences
Lecture 41 Long Sentences
Lecture 42 The Variation of Long and Short for Effect
Section 9: Bonus Lecture
Lecture 43 Big Discounts on My Other Courses
This course is primarily for beginning writers or intermediate writers looking to target trouble spots in their writing.
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