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April 23rd, 2012“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine.” “Tap-dancing child abuser. That’s what The Sunday New York Times […]
read more...Opening lines – make ’em workImprove your Writing
March 12th, 2012Last week at an intellectually stimulating but relatively staid scholarly event, a minor controversy broke out. Harvey Weingarten, President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (who […]
read more...Exerting influence on policy — through the media?Master Media Engagement
February 22nd, 2012Should she or shouldn’t she? I was chatting on the phone a few weeks ago with a woman who is listed in our Experts Database. She had written an excellent […]
read more...To Tweet or Not to Tweet…Improve your Writing
January 2nd, 2012It hardly seems fair: you spend years in school, mastering the impenetrable jargon necessary to earn the degree or qualify for the professional designation. And then someone (ok, that would […]
read more...Don’t do it!Improve your Writing
July 6th, 2011Scholars accustomed to sharing evidence-based analysis grounded in research and purporting to be fact sometimes express discomfort with the idea of expressing the kind of strong opinion favoured by op […]
read more...Commentary advice for scholars from Terry MilewskiImprove your Writing
June 27th, 2011Who wouldn’t like to be a more persuasive communicator? In every aspect of our personal and professional lives – from seducing a beloved or winning a promotion to controlling the […]
read more...NY gay marriage bill: persuasion in actionImprove your Writing
March 28th, 2011There’s nothing like the inspiration of anger to fuel a frenzy of word-spilling; fury is a page-filler, tried and true. But emotional momentum only takes you so far. The synapses […]
read more...Gut-spilling and the value of sober second thoughtImprove your Writing
January 10th, 2011Is it possible to write a brilliant op ed if you can’t write a grab ’em by the throat lede? (“lede” being journalism jargon for your first sentence or paragraph, the […]
read more...Great ledes are a necessary if insufficient conditionImprove your Writing
December 22nd, 2010… in comedy AND op ed writing — not just in terms of being able to add value through the delivery of surprising and relevant context to a current news […]
read more...Timing is everythingImprove your Writing
December 17th, 2010Further to my last post about letters to the editor, I heard from several people — some I knew, one I didn’t — after my letter about the retrograde fashion […]
read more...Letters 2: Mission Accomplished!