Word Shots, The Podcast

Even if you're producing expository prose, the key to strong writing is story. All you need is an entity and an action. Listen to the episode here: OR SUBSCRIBE to Word Shots in iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Full Transcript: The following may or may not describe your experience with Word Shots. But I’d guess it’s true to at least someone’s experience: You want to know how to write strongly. I’ve assured you that good theory can help you get there. But now you’re seven episodes into his podcast and you haven’t seen your prose improve in any remarkable way. Last week I talked about ritualization, but I didn’t really explain what it is, and you’re finding it hard to do anything with the concept. Before that I talked about why you write. But you were already pretty good at working out why you write each thing you write, and you always aimed at recruiting and empowering your audience. You’d like to hear something that will really improve your writing. Very well. It’s time to descend from the heights of