7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer

7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer - Tested Techniques for Fast Writing Skills Improvement

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One of the high-rated writing courses on Udemy

4.77 out of 5 all time student rating (95.4%)

35 5-Star reviews

Taught by a UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, Dr. Duncan Koerber

What 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 Student

Do 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...

Ninja Writing: The Four Levels Of Writing Mastery

Ninja Writing: The Four Levels Of Writing Mastery, Turn Your Business Writing, Blogs, Books & Essays Into Masterpieces

• BESTSELLER
• Created by Shani Raja
•  English
•  English, Spanish [Auto-generated]
• 4 hours on-demand video
• 11 downloadable resources
• Full lifetime access
• Access on mobile and TV
• Certificate of Completion

What you'll learn

• Discover how to create spellbinding writing
• Learn the secrets of editors on top newspapers and websites
• Tap into the power of the four levels: narrative, paragraphs, sentences and words
• Transform yourself into a masterful writer in days
• Make your writing stand out from peers and competitors
• Discover how to make blogs, marketing copy and general business writing sparkle

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Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades

Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades, A University of Cambridge writing tutor takes you from complete business writing beginner to a copywriting pro!

• 4.5 (2,210 ratings)
• Created by Clare Lynch
•  English
•  English [Auto-generated], Portuguese [Auto-generated], 1 more
• 5.5 hours on-demand video
• 30 articles
• Full lifetime access
• Access on mobile and TV
• Certificate of Completion

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What you'll learn

• Gain confidence and find your voice as a business writer, blogger or writer of other non-fiction
• Use the latest findings from neuroscience to make your message stick
• Build an in-depth profile of your reader so you can target your words at them
• Hone your message down to the stuff that will get your reader to see the world your way
• Hook your readers in from the outset and structure your writing for maximum persuasive power
• Edit your work so you say exactly what you mean (and mean exactly what you say)
• Craft sentences that are clear, succinct, persuasive and musical
• Access a wealth of free online tools for assessing and improving the quality of your writing
• Find and tell compelling stories that will persuade people to see the world your way
• Distinguish between words that persuade and words that put people off

Description

Enrol in Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades and discover why, over and over again, students describe it as the best writing course on Udemy - in fact, the best course on Udemy. 

Clear, concise and addictively engaging, Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades will change the way you write for ever. It's jam-packed with no-nonsense advice on how to win people over with the written word. 

Previous students of the course report that within days of completing it, they've crafted a cover letter that secured them a longed-for job. Or won a regular writing gig at a publication like the Huffington Post. 

In Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades, you'll learn powerful principles that can be applied to most types of non-fiction writing - including emails, reports, presentations, sales pages, advertising, blogs and more.

**** THIS COUSE IS NOT AIMED AT WRITERS OF POETRY OR FICTION ****

What makes this course different from all the other writing courses out there?

Dozens of practical, real-life examples to illustrate the theory

Countless free resources for powering up your prose

A host of writing challenges to practise what you've learned - and get one-to-one feedback from Dr Clare Lynch

Entertaining and humorous, but never lightweight - students say it's addictively engaging

Clear, concise and never repetitive - this is one writing instructor who practises what she preaches

***NEW SECTION ADDED OCTOBER 2017: RHETORIC - ADVANCED PERSUASION TECHNIQUES***

In this all-new section of the course, you'll learn to identify and apply the powerful techniques that today's top executives, advertising copywriters and political speechwriters use to persuade you with their words. 

Techniques that no other big-name writing instructor on Udemy shows you.

Techniques that will set you apart from all the jobbing journalists and ten-a-penny content marketers out there.

Techniques that Dr Clare Lynch has herself honed in her decades-long career as a one of the UK's top copywriters. 

Want to nail that promotion? Inspire your team? Sell a product, service or big idea? If you're serious about your career, you need this course.

But don't take my word for it. Here's what other students have to say about Writing With Impact: Writing That Persuades.

“Best online writing course I've ever taken. Extraordinary!” JAMES CHISHOLM, UDEMY STUDENT

“Yours is the single most valuable course I've had in the past six years—my BA and MA seminars included” - AKOS CSERNAK, UDEMY STUDENT

“Best writing course i have taken so far.” - IBRAHIM HALILU ABUBAKAR, UDEMY STUDENT

“One month later and I have secured a regular blog spot on the Huffington Post! I could not have done this without Clare's wonderful course.” - FRAN DIAMOND, UDEMY STUDENT

“This is the best course I’ve ever taken on Udemy! This course delivers what it promised.” - DENISE HUBBARD, UDEMY STUDENT

“Best Udemy course I ever bought.” - ANNA CARLA DELLA VALLE, UDEMY STUDENT

“This is perhaps the best writing course I've ever taken. That includes my time in University.” STEPHEN L HEWITT, UDEMY STUDENT

“Trust me, you'll be immediately satisfied with this course” - MARK SIMPSON, UDEMY STUDENT

“A week later I'd landed my first gig as a writer.” - DAVID PULLAN, UDEMY STUDENT

“One of the best courses I've ever taken.” - NADER RUSTOM, UDEMY STUDENT

“To those doubting if you should buy this course, please do, as there is so much valuable information in this course. I can comfortably state that it is one of the best courses that I have bought on Udemy.” - T.O _, UDEMY STUDENT

“I loved it from beginning to end. It is exceptional value for money.” - DEBORAH SOWERBY, UDEMY STUDENT

“a game changer.” - GEORGY THOMAS, UDEMY STUDENT

“One of the best writing courses I have taken to date, love it!” - BEN WALTERS, UDEMY STUDENT

“She is an incredible teacher that has a special unique ability of keeping her students minds engaged and hanging on her every word.” - BRAD MACE, UDEMY STUDENT

“I have taken quite a few courses on Udemy, and I have never seen a professor so interested in the progress of her students.” - GIANCARLO M. GUERRA, UDEMY STUDENT

“I challenge any business writer not to pick up a few gems from this engaging course.” - SACHA VAUGHAN, UDEMY STUDENT

“I very much liked this course because it was #1 goal-oriented, #2 it used concrete examples, #3 everything was fascinating.” - FREDERIK, UDEMY STUDENT

“I love this course. Truly engaging and it made an impact in my writing, almost immediately.” - SAMUNDSWARY IYERDOURIA, UDEMY STUDENT

“a course you do not want to miss” - MA YUANFENG, UDEMY STUDENT

“Fantastic course. This is by far the most complete and thorough course on business writing.” - CARSTEN PLEISER, UDEMY STUDENT

“This course is amazing! I finished it all in one day and went straight to work putting the concepts into my writing.” - URIEL MACGILLIVARY, UDEMY STUDENT

“Life changing at its simplest.” - SUSAN PARKER, UDEMY STUDENT

“This course is amazing. I've been using every technique from the course in my academic life.” - MINH HA, UDEMY STUDENT

“This is the best course I've taken on udemy thus far.” BILL SCHAEFER, UDEMY STUDENT

"This course is priceless. You’ll be glad you signed up." LIAT MIRIAM GAT, UDEMY STUDENT

You should take this course if you want to:

• Build your confidence and find your voice as a writer
• Learn the skills that allow the top copywriters to earn between £250 and £800 a day
• Use words to persuade your employees, your bosses, your customers or investors
• Communicate complex ideas in a way that inspires your readers
• Hook your readers in from the outset
• Save time by writing less but saying more
• Hone your message down to the stuff that matters
• Structure your work for maximum persuasive power
• Understand the difference between elegant simplicity and dumbing down
• Edit your work so you say what you mean (and mean what you say)
• Craft sentences that are clear, succinct and persuasive
• Use online tools for assessing and boosting your readability
• Distinguish between words that build bridges and words that build barriers
• Find and tell compelling stories that make people see the world your way
• Use the latest findings from neuroscience to craft messages that stick
• Use advanced rhetorical techniques to win over your audience
• Enrol now - and change the way you write forever!

Who is the target audience?

• Take this course if you have to do any kind of writing for your job
• Take this course if you're a manager with your sights set on leadership
• Take this course if you're a new graduate making the switch from academic writing to business writing
• Take this course if you're an executive seeking to articulate the case for clear writing in your organisation
• Take this courseif you want to learn the skills to be a professional copywriter
• Take this course if you want to win over more customers, clients or investors
• Do NOT take this course if you're only interested in creative writing such as poetry or fiction. The course focus is primarily on professional writing.
• This course takes you from beginner to expert - experienced writers may find the early lectures cover known ground

Travel Writing: Explore the World & Publish Your Stories!

Travel Writing: Explore the World & Publish Your Stories!, Learn to write travel tales readers (and editors) will love. Sell your freelance writing to newspapers and magazines!

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• 4.5 (482 ratings)
• Created by Dave Fox
•  English
•  English [Auto-generated]
• 3 hours on-demand video
• 9 articles
• Full lifetime access
• Access on mobile and TV
• Certificate of Completion

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What you'll learn

• Learn how to write professional-quality travel tales that readers (and editors) will love.
• Master writing techniques that will hook readers right away, maintain their interest throughout the story, and leave them feeling fulfilled at the end.
• Weave together the various elements that create a great travel tale — the setting, people, events, and unique emotions we encounter on the road.
• Understand the critical differences between travel journaling and writing travel tales for others to read.
• Travel with a writer's eye for stories.
• Introduce colorful characters into your travel tales, and understand the rules and common practices for handling quotes and writing dialogue.
• Write dialogue that sounds natural and believable.
• Discover easy and comfortable ways to connect with people when you travel (even if you're an introvert) -- because doing so leads you into richer, "story-worthy" experiences.
• Know what *not* to include in your stories, and pace your action to maintain reader interest throughout.
• Obliterate travel writing clichés to create original tales that are truly your own.
• Learn the two big mistakes that keep beginning freelance writers from getting published -- and discover easy ways to avoid those mistakes.
• Understand the different methods for pitching stories to editors, and know what your best strategies are, even if you are just starting out.
• Publish your travel tales in blogs, newspapers, magazines, and books.

Description

Taught by a bestselling author, professional writing coach,

and former editor for Rick Steves' Europe

Lots of people dream of becoming travel writers.

This course will help you fulfill that dream.

Discover how to write travel tales readers love, 

and how to sell your stories to newspapers and magazines.

Hi! I’m Dave Fox. I’m a bestselling author and writing coach. I’ve worked in more than 50 countries as a freelance travel writer, workshop presenter, and international tour guide. I help people write amazing tales about their journeys.

If you have dreams of becoming a travel writer – whether it’s so you can publish your work professionally, create a popular personal travel blog, or just write about your travels for the fun of it – I can help you achieve your goals.

Beginning travel writers: If travel writing is something you’ve wanted to break into, but you haven’t known how to get started, this course will teach you all you need to know to begin writing lively and exciting travel tales today.

Intermediate travel writers: If you’ve done some travel writing before, but you want to create more polished, compelling stories – stories that stand out in the crowded arena of aspiring travel writers – this course will help you hone your skills, and it will give you a clear understanding of how to succeed in the writing business and get published.

Follow these lessons, and I guarantee you will see an immediate improvement in your writing. You'll learn skills you can start using right away – and skills that will evolve and get even better over time as you keep writing. You’ll gain a clear understanding of the techniques professional writers use to write captivating travel essays, and you’ll discover your own, unique writing voice.

Some of the topics we’ll cover include:

* Transforming your “rough-draft” travel diaries into compelling personal travel essays with attention-grabbing beginnings, streamlined middles, and meaningful endings – and why you must follow a very different writing style from your “on-the-road” journals when you write travel tales for others to read.

* Spotting and capturing the details that make a story sparkle and writing about them in ways that make readers feel like they’re right there with you.

* Bringing characters to life through quotes and vivid description, and navigating the ethical and legal issues that come with writing about other people.

* Avoiding stale clichés that weigh down potentially great writing and coming up with fresh, original alternatives.

* Getting started in travel blogging.

* Pitching and selling your articles to newspapers, magazines, and anthology books. (Thousands of newspapers and magazines pay freelance writers more for a single story than you'll pay for this workshop!)

* The most common beginners’ mistake that keeps many aspiring travel writers from getting published – and how to fix it.

* And tons of other easy-to-act-on writing tips.

If you want to be a great travel writer, there’s another thing you must also be able to do. You must know how to have big adventures – because those adventures will spark your boldest stories. So I’ll also share my tips on how to make exciting things happen when you travel – how to find richer cultural experiences and more meaningful personal encounters in the places you visit. (Even if you’re an introvert!)

This course is different from other travel writing courses. It doesn’t just offer tips on how you should write; it also explains how you shouldn’t write.

Lots of people try to break into travel writing. Those who don’t succeed usually blame it on not being talented enough – but that’s often not their real problem. Their real problem is they have adopted a set of habits that are weakening their writing.

Over the two decades I’ve been teaching travel writing workshops, I’ve identified a series of common mistakes beginning writers make. These mistakes weigh their writing down, and hold them back from writing to their full potential. These habits are easy to fix once you know how to spot them in your own work. This course teaches you how.

In addition to more than three hours of information-packed videos, this workshop also includes a series of writing exercises to help you practice what you’ve learned, and an online discussion forum where you can ask me questions whenever you like and talk about your writing our international community of writing students.

Q: True or False: Only a few lucky people get to become successful travel writers.

A: False! Being “lucky” has nothing to do with it!

Talent doesn’t really work that way.

If you’re smart enough to understand this webpage, you’ve got all the brain-cells you need to become a successful writer. Doing it on your own is tough, however. Success will come more quickly if you have a teacher, a mentor, to help guide the way.

I love engaging with my students, and answering their questions in our online forums. So ask me questions at an time! I’m here to help! (I also offer in-depth critiquing and one-on-one coaching for an additional fee – but we’re getting ahead of ourselves. If you’re just getting started, you’ll get the most value for your money if you begin with the basic course.)

I also believe that we learn faster when learning is fun. So I promise my lessons are lively, even a bit goofy at times, and never boring. (And if you don’t agree, if you don’t feel you have gotten your money’s worth after joining the course, Udemy offers a 30-day, no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee. You’ve got nothing to lose!)

We are each in this life for a finite amount of time. We owe it to ourselves to achieve our dreams during that time. If becoming a travel writer is one of your life dreams, I can help you make that dream a reality.

Ready to get started? Just click the blue “Take This Course” button at the top of this page (or the bottom of your screen if you're reading this on your phone) and begin your journey ... right now!

"(Dave is) the best writing teacher I have ever had. Talented, funny, approachable, and structured."

– Leslie in Surrey, England

"Dave Fox is an amazing teacher who will give you online feedback as if you were sitting right next to him."

– Joan in Bakersfield, California

Also check out my other courses on Udemy:

Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time to enjoy your trip!)

Deep Travel: Have Adventures No Guidebook Can Tell You About

Professional Humor Tricks for Writers, Speakers, and Other Misfits

The Writing Mind 1: Defeat Writer's Block & Write Confidently

The Writing Mind 2: Overcome Distractions & Get More Written

Who is the target audience?

• Anyone who wants to break into freelance travel writing – beginning and intermediate travel writers, as well as advanced writers in other genres who want to expand their repertoire.
• Bloggers
• Storytellers
• Aspiring authors
• Local adventurers and world explorers

How to Use Information Tables in Tech & Business Writing

How to Use Information Tables in Tech & Business Writing, Display information in well-constructed tables for better communication at work and maximum positive user experience...

• 4.4 (4 ratings)
• Created by Ugur Akinci, Ph.D.
•  English
•  English [Auto-generated]
• 1 hour on-demand video
• Full lifetime access
• Access on mobile and TV
• Certificate of Completion

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What Will I Learn?

• Create tables correctly and proficiently in a document to create a positive user experience.

Description

UPDATES

April 15, 2018

Added new EXERCISE and SOLUTION sheets, plus EXCEL sheets for:

• Tables - Main Principles (1)

April 13, 2018 - Added TWO NEW VIDEOS for:

1. Tables - Main Principles (1)
2. Tables - Main Principles (2)

*** IMPORTANT ***

This course is NOT about how to manipulate Excel tables and apply Excel functions to numeric data. 

It is about DISPLAYING INFORMATION in your technical or business document for maximum positive user experience.

Tables that are constructed well help the users understand and absorb information faster and retain it longer.

The course covers topics like

• The 9 main principles of good table construction
• How to name tables properly
• How to construct tables for tabular data
• How to apply the "parallel construction" principle when designing a table
• How to convert chunks of hard-to-read text into easy-to-understand tables
• And more...

The course is ideal for 

• writers
• managers
• students
• office workers
• engineers 
• or anyone who creates content and wants to display it in a compact and user-friendly manner. 

Lessons come with 

• QUIZZES
• EXERCISE and SOLUTION sheets, and 
• accompanying PDF downloads to test your knowledge.

BENEFITS

The table construction principles explained in this course will help you communicate better with your target audience and thus increase your productivity and profitability. 

AUTHOR

Ugur Akinci Ph.D. is a professional writer who worked for Fortune 100 companies since 1998, creating thousands of documents that use the same successful table-construction principles explained here.

Who is the target audience?

• Beginner technical and business writers who are writing documents, reports, presentations, and technical guides.

The freelance writing guide to Upwork and Fiverr

The freelance writing guide to Upwork and Fiverr, Number 1 top rated professional writer shares insights on working with online freelance writing platforms.

Created by Damien Walter

Includes

• 1 hour on-demand video
• Full lifetime access
• Access on mobile and TV
• Certificate of Completion

Description

The #1 writer in Articles & Blog Posts on Fiverr.

100% Top Rated on Upwork for over 18 months.

Damien Walter shares essential insights on navigating competitive freelance marketplaces like Upwork and Fiverr for professional writers.

Thousands of professional writing gigs are advertised every day online via digital freelance platforms. Top writers can make in excess of $150 per hour with almost unlimited potential for work. But winning at Upwork and Fiverr can have its challenges.

• Learn the signs of high quality clients and how to filter out low quality time wasters.
• 
  
• Progressively raise your rates of pay.
• 
  
• Build strong client relationships that win great reviews.
• 
  
• Be So Good They Can't Ignore You : leverage creative writing achievements to win professional clients.
• 
  
• Identify the key skills you must develop to raise your professional writing game.
• 
  
• For new writers, great tips to land your first clients.

Who is the target audience?

• Professional writers who want to profit on Upwork and Fiverr

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Write a Killer Literature Review

Write a Killer Literature Review

Writing a literature review doesn't have to be the hardest part of your thesis or dissertation.

Created by Dr. Daveena Tauber

1 hour on-demand video

Full lifetime access

Access on mobile and TV

Certificate of Completion

Description

It's time to stop reading and start writing! But how? You know you're supposed to find the "gap" in the literature and synthesize the existing research in your field, but how do you actually do all of that--in writing? This workshop takes an in-depth approach to narrating the relationships, connections, and trends you see in the literature of your field. Learn how to create questions that help you focus your reading and writing. Understand the difference between evaluation and opinion. Get specific tools for organizing your literature review. This engaging one-hour workshop was filmed live and is a great resource for graduate students and faculty alike.

Who is the target audience?

• Graduate students and faculty

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Writer’s Guide: Basic Writing Skills for Beginners

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Writer's Guide: Basic Writing Skills for Beginners, Writer's Guide: Basic Writing Skills for Beginners: Words, Spaces, Punctuation, Sentences, Paragraphs and Dialog

Created by Brian Jackson

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What Will I Learn?

• Handling your words, spacing, punctuation, sentences, paragraphs and dialog

Requirements

• Students need a pencil and paper or preferably a computer to follow along

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Humor Writing: How to Think, Write, Speak, and Be Funnier!

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Writing With Flair 2.0: How To Become An Exceptional Writer

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Writing With Flair 2.0: How To Become An Exceptional Writer, Ex-Wall Street Journal Editor Teaches How To Make Your Blogs, Books & Business Writing Sparkle

Created by Shani Raja

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What Will I Learn?

• You will dramatically improve the quality of your writing in as little as days or weeks
• Your writing will stand out from peers, colleagues and competitors
• Your blogs will look more slick and professional