The Special Sauce of Writing
What’s covered in this learning:
Writing requires some special sauce, and that sauce also helps to connect all these different elements. Plus, you want to avoid the Curse of Professionalism.
The Special Sauce of Writing PDF
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This is the same workbook you’ll use for this lesson, and the next one.
1. The Special Sauce of Writing
Here’s the audio. Pause as often as you need to.
2. The Curse of Professionalism and Academia
Here’s the audio. Pause as often as you need to.
Your Assignment:
- Read the workbook, pages 9-24.
- Listen to the audio.
- Do the exercise on pages 25-27 in the workbook.
- Answer the questions below.
Once you’ve completed the assignments, answer the following questions for yourself. You may want to get a notebook, or open a document. Answering these questions helps with learning and integration for adult learners.
Questions:
- With your article, what’s it like to allow yourself to write “donor” paragraphs in the beginning?
- Of the different special sauce techniques, are there are any you are already using? What do you notice about them?
- Of the different special sauce techniques that you aren’t yet using, which ones are you drawn to most? Which ones seem easiest to embrace?
- What is your relationship with professional or academic writing? Does it feel challenging to embrace a warmer, less formal, conversational style of writing?
- How was it doing the exercise, adding special sauce to the article you’re working on? What did you notice as you implemented them?
- Any other learnings, breakthroughs or insights?