Writing with rhythm and <span class="is-softi-hero">finding your flow</span>
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si-Don’t you get it? It’s music! It’s what gets the people going.
Well-written words have a musicality to them that creates an effortless reading experience— like the smooth, rolling rhythms of soft jazz drifting through a candlelit lounge.
Learn how to differentiate between short and long sentences, utilize stress patterns, and explore a whole world of other technical stuff you never thought of before with this rhythmic writing course.
About the course
You, the conductor; <span class="is-softi">your words, the orchestra</span>
Through a guided video module, your instructor—published author and experienced writing coach, Philip Charter—provides examples, lecture notes, and specific tools to boost your rhythm and flow writing skills. Using tried-and-true templates and techniques, you’ll master:
- Sentence length: Avoid robotic text, excessive short sentences, and boring, swirling, soaring, just-lost-your reader (and your credibility) long sentences.
- Sentence structure: How much variety do you need? Avoid repetition and difficult sentences.
- Openings: Should you use a main clause or dependent clause first? Hook the reader with skill.
- Sound: Learn how to read aloud to self-edit, create rhythm, and catch clichés. If it doesn’t make sense to you, it’s not going to make sense to the reader, either.
Who is it for
Who is this <span class="is-softi">course for?</span>
Whether you’re a victim of rhythmless sentence structure or a master of iambic pentameter, this rhythm in writing course can help you apply what you know and learn what you don’t.
The best news? Creating rhythmic writing has never been so adaptable. This course is 100% online, on your own time. Take it in all at once (that’d be a big gulp) or do it in manageable cupcakes—whatever you prefer, the class is yours.
This course is for:
Freelance writers
Who want to create rhythm in their SaaS content
Business execs
Who want to be known for their ‘way with words’ (including on LinkedIn)
Marketing managers
Ready to add rhythm for retaining readers and revenue
University students
Who think Shakespeare’s sonnets and social media captions should have something in common
Novelists, journalists, and administrators
Who over-favor longer sentences
Poets
Who want to refine their rhythmic writing
What You'll learn
Make your sentences sing
For effective storytelling—be it for a brand across channels or characters across books—you need rhythmic flow in your own writing. It’s what builds trust, interest, and engagement.
Through this rhythm in writing course, you’ll learn to:
Break up long sentences and avoid monotonous sentences
Keep formatting and links clean
Use onomatopoeia in your writing
Build pace with sentence structure and work aloud with sound techniques
Draw attention with dissonance and alliteration
Meet your instructor
Philip Charter is 1.95m tall, writes books, and can fly. And likes to icebreak with two truths and a lie.
Since 2018, Philip has worked as a writing coach, helping hundreds of multilingual professional writers develop their skills. He is passionate about books, travel, and helping writers transform into the best versions of themselves (and he also really likes crisps).
In addition to coaching, Philip has published four books of short fiction, writes content for clients in the Bitcoin space, and edits a cypherpunk anthology series.
testimonials
What our students say
I loved learning how to add a musicality to my writing; it helps you find the poetry in everything.
With each topic segmented into digestible chunks and peppered with relatable examples, it was easy to implement the tips right from the start.
It'll make my writing cleaner, more organized, and flowier, which my clients are going to love!
faqs
Rhythm in writing course <span class="is-softi">FAQs</span>
Beginners are welcome here! Though it’d be helpful to know what a rhyme scheme is, the writing tips found in this class break down the basics in a way that if you know the difference between long and short sentences, you’re in a safe place.
All of Phillip's courses are microcourses, and microcourses shouldn't take more than 3 hours non-stop from start to finish. But as it’s 100% online, you can learn rhythmic writing on your own time. Once a student, always a student at dslx. Upon purchasing the class you’re granted lifetime access to the course content, so take it slow, in bits and pieces, or come back and visit!
You can get the right rhythm in your writing with help directly from the dslx team. Once on campus, you’ll gain access to the Editor's house, where you can get feedback on your work, schedule one-to-ones with real dslx writers and editors, and access our archive of edits.
This course is suitable for non-fiction writers, fiction writers, and writers of nursery rhymes. Whether you notice it or not (you will after this course), even the most intellectual free verse has something of a sing-song rhythm to it, if written effectively. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one of the most influential pieces of science non-fiction of all time, is full of the pure poetry found in good writing—where rhythm inherently lives.