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The compulsive hedging
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Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Why is writing bad
- 3 Why is writing hard
- 4 Improving the craft of writing
- 5 The style is conversation
- 6 An example
- 7 The compulsive hedging
- 8 Classic prose
- 9 The ribbon experiment
- 10 The rabbit illusion
- 11 Get a real reader
- 12 Summary
- 13 Shoes
- 14 Personal Experience
- 15 Newspaper Style
- 16 Al Hunt
- 17 John Kerry
- 18 Consultants
- 19 Lawyers
- 20 Obfuscation
- 21 I remain an optimist
- 22 The role of journalists
- 23 Journalism shows and doesnt tell
- 24 The digital age
- 25 The Twitter effect
- 26 Robowriting
- 27 Descriptive Writing
- 28 AJ Lee Blank
- 29 Bad Writing
- 30 Legalese
- 31 Questions
