August 2011

Being Brutal with the Red Pen

August 15, 2011 7:55 am Pacific Time · 0 comments

by Paul Skolnick · 0 comments

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Last week I said there are Three Simple Rules for Better Broadcast Writing. And yes, they are simple. No rule has more than ten words. Each rule is straightforward. Each is easy to understand. I also said the simplicity was deceptive. The deception comes not in learning the rules, but rather in sticking to them. [...]

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Three Simple Steps to Better Writing

August 9, 2011 9:24 am Pacific Time · 1 comment

by Paul Skolnick · 1 comment

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A friend asked me the other day what makes good broadcast writing. I told him there are only three rules: No sentence should have more than 20 words Write in the active rather than the passive voice Write to the picture I was happy I could reduce a skill it took me an adult lifetime [...]

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