Many people use AI to generate content without considering the basics of the results they're looking for. Though the best…
Many people use AI to generate content without considering the basics of the results they're looking for. Though the best…
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia…
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Pedantic means being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, often emphasizing the minutiae of knowledge rather…
Verbs are the engines that move your writing and your readers, but many authors don’t spend enough time choosing the…
Selecting a book font seems simple enough, but important subtleties and fine points of typography are not obvious to the…
This article explains how to produce and market a professional quality audiobook using Amazon ACX. Through ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange),…
Digital typography offers capabilities that printers working with hot lead type and wood type could only dream of. Digital type…
Book design has changed since publishing became a gigantic industry. Typesetting was once performed by trained craftsmen who apprenticed to…
"Passive writing" refers to a specific set of grammatical circumstances where emphasis switches from subject to object. The money was…
Generic descriptions are telltale signs of lazy writing. Add color to your writing by replacing overused and boring words. It's…
This third installment of Judging a Book by its Cover looks at great book cover designs that won the 2012…
As a graphic designer, I see numerous parallels between the values that create engaging imagery and the values that create…
Part 1 of Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover critiqued "professional" covers taken from Amazon's Editor's choice…
What do you think a professional editor's pay scale should be? Assume that a proofreader would be at the bottom…
Nothing screams “amateur” like a poorly crafted book cover. The standards for book design aspired to by trade publishers are…
After completing the final draft of a manuscript for my fifth book, I wanted a reality check. I hired a…
This section on dashes, hyphens and dots goes beyond typographic aesthetics to explore how we can communicate more effectively as…
Exordium—the introductory part of a speech, where you set the stage and prepare your audience for what’s to come. The…
Diction refers to the choice of words and style of expression that a writer or speaker uses. The diction in…
Colloquialisms are informal words or phrases that people use in everyday speech but which might not be suitable for formal…
Orotund refers to a style of speech that is rounded, full, and imposing. It describes a voice or tone that…
Periphrasis is a rhetorical device that involves using excessive and longer phrases to express an idea that could be conveyed…
Prosody encompasses elements like stress, intonation, and timing, crucial for conveying emotions and meanings effectively in spoken language. Think of…
Tone in writing and speaking refers to the attitude or approach that the author or speaker takes toward the subject…
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia…
Words and Terms related to speaking and speechwriting: Adynaton [ad-uh-NAY-ton]: A form of hyperbole in which the exaggeration is so…
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