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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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Overview

Tested Techniques for Fast Writing Skills Improvement

Duration

2 hours

Total fee

399

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Credential

Certificate

7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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UDEMY 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • 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
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  • 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 clichs ;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...
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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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UDEMY 
Curriculum

Welcome to the Course!

Welcome from the Instructor

How to Make the Most of this Course

Writing Clearly for Publications, Work, and School

Economy Introduction

Redundancy

Phoney Intensifiers

Stretchers

Thickeners

Answers to Some Questions

Exercise #1

Exercise #2

How Dead Verbs Are Killing Your Writing

Verbs Introduction

Concrete Verbs

Weak Verbs

Dead Verbs

The Consequences of Dead Verbs

Exercise #3

Become an Active Writer

Active Voice Introduction

Active Voice

Passive Voice

The Morality of Passive Voice

Passive Voice Exceptions

Exercise #4

Create Pictures in Your Writing with Strong Nouns

Nouns Introduction

Nouns

Weak Nouns

Pronouns

When Pronouns Go Wrong

Exercise #5

How to be an Original Writer and Avoid Clichés

Original Writing Introduction

Clichés

Why Do People Use Clichés?

When It's Okay to Use a Cliché

Being Original

Exercise #6

Exercise #7

Prevent Train Wreck Sentences with Parallelism

Parallelism Introduction

Surface and Under the Surface Parallelism

Verb Series

Noun Series

Adjective Series

Adverb Series

Preposition Series

Multiple Element Series

Parallelism Conclusion

Exercise #8

Exercise #9

Freshen your Sentences with Patterns and Length Variation

Sentence Variation Principles

Sentence Patterns

Short Sentences

Long Sentences

The Variation of Long and Short for Effect

Exercise #10

Bonus Lecture

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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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Faculty details

Duncan Koerber
Designation : University Professor

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