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How to Write Concisely
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(39 ratings)
1,122 students

How to Write Concisely

Learn how to keep your word count low
Created byNeil Stoneham
Last updated 2/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Learn how to edit your writing to keep it concise
  • Understand the problems with overwriting and how to avoid them
  • Discover how to keep your objective focused to write less from the get-go
  • Practise reducing word count while retaining the full message

Course content

2 sections • 9 lectures • 32m total length

  • The benefits of writing concisely4:39

    Acquire techniques to write concisely, get to the point quickly, and improve emails, texts, and documents for productive remote communication.

  • Helpful tips to transform your writing6:56

    Learn to condense long, convoluted writing into clear, concise messages by reading aloud, cutting useless words, avoiding long words, and using active voice.

  • The principles of effective communication3:51

    Identify a clear objective, tailor your message to the audience, and craft easy-to-understand, engaging writing that reflects the principles of effective communication.

  • A challenge3:19

    Learn and apply concise writing techniques by editing a live LinkedIn post draft, identifying redundancies, and making messages more direct and engaging.

  • Live edit5:13

    Explore how to write concisely by reducing word count and removing redundancy, keeping only essential details to get your message across quickly in this practical one hour workshop.

  • Over to you3:45

    Master concise writing by keeping an objective and trimming words and repetition. Use active voice, reduce phrasal verbs, and edit tighter messaging for emails, text messages, and social media posts.

Requirements

  • Good grasp of the English language.

Description

The ability to write concisely is an essential skill in our information-rich world.

Whether you’re writing texts, emails, or social media posts, you need to get to the point and communicate your message quickly.

In this short course, Neil will demonstrate how to edit your writing effectively, so that you can keep your messaging concise.

You will learn:

· how to cut out unnecessary words and keep sentences to a minimum

· techniques that bring focus to your ideas

· the art of creating a quick first draft

· how to edit effectively, knowing what to cut out and what to keep

When you have learned this valuable skill, you will find that your messaging gets a much better response. Your writing is more likely to engage people and get noticed. And people will be more likely to respond to your messaging because they won’t have to read lots of unnecessary waffle!

Bear in mind this is a short course, so we don’t go into too much depth. But you’ll be able to start using the techniques you learn straight away…and notice the difference.

I've also included a few videos with quick tips on how to improve other areas of communication.

Stay tuned for more courses coming in 2022!

Who this course is for:

  • Anybody who needs to write emails, social media posts and text messages (especially for work)

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