Course Overview
- Title:
- Order of the Word: The Secret to Powerful Prose
- Type:
- Webinar
- Cost:
- $29.95
- Originally Broadcast On:
- September 18, 2007
- Time Estimate:
- One hour
$29.95
About Webinars
In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.
- This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
- September 18, 2007 Enroll Now
- Watch and listen to the original one-hour Webinar in its entirety. This Webinar recording features the full presentation led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty including Q&A from the audience and resources from the presenter.
Create strong sentences, paragraphs and meaning in your stories when you learn the importance of word order. Join Roy Peter Clark in this one-hour Webinar, originally broadcast Sept. 18, 2007, and learn writing tools that will improve your craft immediately.
You'll learn how much more effective your writing can be if you put words in the right place at the right time to guide your readers. Learn the writing tool that will help you order words for emphasis.
What Will I Learn:
- How the order in which you use words makes meaning and influences the reader
- How to use word order to make better news decisions and to write better leads
Who Should Take this Course:
This course is for anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills.
Course Instructor:
Roy Peter Clark
Roy Peter Clark is vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, where he has taught writing since 1979. He is the author of Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, the book and the blog. His latest book is The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English.
Technical Requirements:
This Webinar contains audio. Please make sure you've got your headphones and speakers adjusted.
For the best experience, we suggest that:
- PC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox
- Mac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari
- You set your monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher
- You use a high-speed connection
Questions? Read our Webinar FAQ or contact us at webinars@newsu.org.