by Rob Worth | 15 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
3 examples of making sentences clearer and smoother Three examples of making sentences read better. They are taken from a line edit of a book I worked on recently. The main aims are clarity and smooth reading. Example 1 Organizations are complex, while their models...
by Rob Worth | 14 Jul 2021 | Structure, Writing tips
Don’t crunch gears between chapters – Read your reader’s mind … and those are the lessons from chapter 7. (Reader: Wow, interesting!) (Flip page…) Welcome to chapter 8, which about something completely unconnected to chapter 7. (Reader: Are there some...
by Rob Worth | 11 Jul 2021 | Structure, Writing tips
4 questions to make your complexity or systems book compelling If you are thinking about writing a book, make it relevant to readers with 4 questions. 1) What’s my unique position? List experiences, models, methods, stories and insights. 2) Think about the different...
by Rob Worth | 10 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
The easiest trick to get your prose to read better This week, I watched a live broadcast with two authors. She was just releasing an audiobook she had read herself. She said she had tripped over some sentences. He replied, “Writing to be read is different to writing...
by Rob Worth | 6 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
Don’t spend years on your book and let it bomb because you didn’t do this The comedian stepped onto the stage holding a thick sheaf of A4 printer paper. He gave the audience a wink, glanced at the top sheet and read a joke. Silence. He dropped the piece of paper. Open...
by Rob Worth | 5 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
Diagrams – Do they stop readers thinking? A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, a picture closes off a thousand thoughts. To use pictures or diagrams to accompany, explain or clarify complex ideas is something that people take for granted. When Ivo Velitchkov came...
