Coffee With Cole: The Digital Writing Podcast

15 Tips To Become A Better Writer Overnight

Aug 16, 2024

20:34

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Unleash your inner writer with 15 powerful tips to enhance your craft! Discover the magic of impactful first and last sentences, and learn to captivate your audience with the 'rate of revelation.' Experiment with different mediums and tackle writer's block through strategic preparation. Simplify your writing using bulleted lists and unique structures, while revamping drafts from memory. Plus, find out how mental warm-ups can boost your creativity and productivity for truly engaging writing.

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Focusing on impactful opening and closing sentences helps capture attention and leave a strong impression on readers.

Increasing reader engagement through a high rate of revelation caters to modern attention spans by delivering ideas succinctly.

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Emphasizing Key Sentences

The importance of making the first and last sentences in a piece the most impactful is highlighted. Beginning with a strong, declarative statement captures the reader's attention, while concluding with a memorable statement leaves a lasting impression. This technique involves ensuring that the last word of each sentence holds weight, thus emphasizing the core message. For instance, instead of concluding a sentence with a weak word, restructuring it to place the key idea at the end enhances clarity and focus in the writing.

Emphasize Your Bookends

01:21

Using Bulleted Lists for Skimmable Writing

01:49

Intro

2min

Enhancing Writing through Diverse Mediums and Unique Techniques

4min

Effective Writing Techniques for Clarity and Engagement

11min

Innovative Strategies for Effective Rewriting

2min

The Power of Mental Warm-ups in Writing

1min

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15 Tips to become a better writer overnight

In this episode, I share 15 essential writing tips that have garnered over a million views on social media. You'll learn how to make your sentences impactful, increase reader engagement, differentiate your content, and improve your workflow across various mediums. Whether you're crafting emails, articles, or newsletters, these tips will help you write more effectively and captivate your audience. Drawn directly from my own experience in ghostwriting, email newsletters, and digital writing, these tips will ramp your writing skills overnight.

(00:00) Intro
(00:11) Tip #1: Make The First and Last Sentences The Most Important Sentences In The Piece
(01:14) Tip #2: Increase Engagement By Increasing Your RoR
(02:14) Tip #3: Write In Different Interfaces
(03:59) Tip #4: “The Tequila Test”
(05:46) Tip #5: Open Your Essays With The 1/3/1 Sequence
(07:04) Tip #6: Ignore Word Count As A Metric
(08:48) Tip #7: Reduce Writer’s Block By Prepping The Page
(10:36) Tip #8: Don’t Use Semicolons
(10:58) Tip #9: Cut All Tiny-Word-Chunks
(11:53) Tip #10: Delete Adverbs
(12:56) Tip #11: Use Bulleted Lists
(14:46) Tip #12: Start With Bulleted Lists As An Outline
(16:22) Tip #13: Delete Opening “I” Phrases
(17:05) Tip #14: Set Aside Your Draft And Rewrite It From Scratch
(18:53) Tip #15: Before You Start “Intentional Writing” Do Some Unintentional Writing

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