A piece of beautiful writing by Thich Nhat Hanh about his mother's death.

Episode 224. A mother's death

Moved and inspired by the final of the BBC 'Strictly Come Dancing' show, Scott draws parallels between writing and dance.

Episode 223, Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Come Writing

I'm buzzing after a wildly successful coaching session with a client. In this episode you get to hear the 17 things James is gonna change about his writing (SDK - Spelling Doesn't Kount). Ta-daa!

Episode 222, 17 things James is gonna change about his writing 

Inspired by a successful session coaching a client in persuasive writing, Scott shares how together they turned a sow's ear of an email into a silk purse.

Episode 221, writing and mindset

On the day that he celebrated a life lost and took to the streets to help preserve hard won freedoms, Scott looks at the origins of 'protest'.

Episode 220, the origin of 'protest'

Want a safe, legal way to shift your mindset fast? Plus the Word of the Day, courtesy of Susie Dent.

Episode 219, switching mindset

Having whittled rhetorica down to 15 simple techniques (from 21), I've just had further endorsement from a client of their power.

Episode 218, client feedback on my rhetorica writing techniques

These are the four readability ratios that bid writers et al should track religiously to improve their writing.

Episode 217, the four readability stats

Inspired by James Knight's iMA colour-based language system, Scott invites you to write in a way that appeals to all four colours.

Episode 216, how multi-coloured is your writing?

Explode the Myth by writing plain English and using its five benefits.

Episode 215, The Myth of Professionalism 

A daily exploration of the written word from a seasoned writer and writing skills trainer, to help you improve your English writing skills. The pod covers persuasive writing, therapeutic writing, rhythm, poetry and poetic meter, grammar, punctuation and voice.

3 quick and easy ways to humanise factual, technical text in your bid responses. (The evaluator will love you forever.)

Episode 214, curing 'technical noise' in your bids

Besides a lovely testimonial, Scott shares what his coachee will change about her bid writing.

Episode 213, what a bid client took away from a day's coaching with me 

GEORGE MONBIOT

A leading light on the climate crisis, Monbiot espouses a new approach for living within planetary boundaries.

Episode 212, George Monbiot's brilliance on how capitalism is killing the planet

Inspired by a great coaching day with a client, Scott shares three vital aspects of a well written bid.

Episode 211, three dimensions of world-class bids

Scott indulges his love of history and poetry to recite his own poem, 606 years and one day after Henry V's famous victory.

Episode 210, Agincourt 1415

Indulging his love of Shakespeare, Scott recites the famous St Crispin's Day speech from 'Henry V'.

Episode 209, on St Crispin's Day, celebrating Agincourt (1415) and Chaucer (1400)

Scott reads and comments on the language of the Saturday Guardian's article 'Forces of nature'. The article looks at the impact of arrest on climate protesters, including long-time activist and actress, Jane Fonda.

Episode 208, the oppositional language of protest 

Scott looks at the origins of this ancient, Germanic word and Brian Cox's use of it on BBC's 'Question Time' to stop two politicians squabbling.

Episode 207, 'sh*t', a visceral word used with power

Scott attempts to explain this increasingly common error, and gives three ways of resolving it.

Episode 206, a common grammar mistake: the comma splice

Scott shares Before and After versions of email snippets, from a recent client webinar.

Episode 205, wanna write flabby, flaccid, paunchy emails to clients?

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