Practice. I took several courses but the most impactful was the one which forced me to write (no editing) for an hour for a month. Changed my life.
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Writers, if you were to run a course in effective writing for people who aren’t very comfortable writing, what would you be sure to include?
I took: How to Write Better A bunch of Second City courses (satirical essay) A couple of Gotham writing courses (Creative Writing I and Memoir/Essayist) Currently redoing College Writing I on Outlier (it is FANTASTIC)
It’s an employer offering this course to all employees as part of a general comms upskill program.
definitely a crash course on good outlining, aka how to build a “skeleton” and then write around it also, workshops where you give learners a pre-written sentence or paragraph and have them edit it/shuffle things around is a great exercise
Journaling (long form!). It’s important to identify our own internal voice(s) and get comfortable with it(them) daily. Helps with everything from email and decks to novels/memoirs. Then, some basic psychology to help discern who you’re communicating to and how to speak to them.
