Storytelling

Swim With Whales

Do you swim with whales? When we want big clients and big opportunities, we get in the water with them!…

3 weeks ago

Writing is Design: Avoid Writing Clichés for Better Prose

Since time immemorial, clichés have sneaked in the door when we least expect them to. They're low-hanging fruit for writers…

5 months ago

Verbs: Spice Up Your Writing with Verbs that Rock

Verbs are the engines that move your writing and your readers, but many authors don’t spend enough time choosing the…

5 months ago

What’s a Professional Editor Worth?

What do you think a professional editor's pay scale should be? Assume that a proofreader would be at the bottom…

5 months ago

Free E-Books by Dave Bricker

Effective speakers wrap their messages in stories—but few understand what stories are and how they work. This brief guide explores…

10 months ago

Speechwriting: The Magic of the One-Sentence Paragraph

One-sen­tence para­graphs are com­mon when short pieces of di­a­log are being ex­changed, but con­sider the ef­fect of se­r­ial one-sen­tence para­graphs…

10 months ago

Is Your Story Big Enough?

Is your story big enough? What a sad question! Too many meaningful stories go untold because we fear they’re not…

10 months ago

Speechwriting: Come to Your Senses

Writing teachers encourage us to engage the mind and senses. Describe sights, smells, tastes, sounds, feelings, thoughts, and tactile experiences…

10 months ago

Find The Phrase that Pays

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” Why is it that some words naturally stick…

10 months ago

Speechwriting: Structure vs. Flow

Just sit down and write! Let the ideas flow! For many of us, they do—and it’s easy to become enamored…

11 months ago

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