About the course
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What You'll learn
Course <span class="is-softi">overview</span>
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Module 1: Welcome to How to Write Succinctly
- Introduction to the course instructor, the course and its objectives (4:08)
- What’s succinct writing and why it’s important? (4:54)
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Module 2: Planning for Succinctness
- The importance of planning (6:27)
- Creating an outline(12:53)
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Module 3: Drafting for Succinctness
- Benefits of having a bad draft (5:14)
- Revising for content, not form, and removing any irrelevant information (8:12)
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Module 4: Editing for Succinctness
- Benefits of using simple words and avoiding idioms (6:24)
- The power of short sentences + removing unnecessary linking devices (9:40)
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Module 5: Preparing for publication
- Why you should always read aloud your final text (or use a tool to do it for you) (3:56)
- What’s next? Where to publish your work and how? (12:40)
- How can you persuade a reader to read? (13:25)
- How can you persuade an editor to publish? (00:45)
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