7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer

Tested Techniques for Fast Writing Skills Improvement

4.59 (4237 reviews)
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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
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2.5 hours
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Apr 2024
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What you will learn

Write clear, precise, and direct prose

Find alternative ways of constructing sentences

Communicate better with readers

Avoid clichéd words and phrases

Develop greater command of the English language

Why take this course?

  • One of the high-rated writing courses on Udemy

  • 4.77 out of 5 all time student rating (95.4%)

  • 35 5-Star reviews

  • Taught by a UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, Dr. Duncan Koerber

    What students say...

"Excellent--I rate it ten stars out of five."Julie Heyer, Udemy Student

"Take this course - improve your writing — end of story!" James Cochrane, Udemy Student

"The content is fantastic."
  — Chris Lewis, Udemy Student

"Information that you can apply right away."
Kim Ruby, Udemy Student

"I can tell he's passionate about his work and he shows it throughout the lessons."
Ana, Udemy Student

"I recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their writing."
Sheverley Maye, Udemy Student

"This is an especially useful and remarkably good course." 
Avrohom Meir Greenhut,

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"The assignments forced me to become more objective and build better habits."
Marla Morris, Udemy Student 

"The explanation of parallelism and its usage was simply amazing."
Bindu Midha, Udemy Student

Do you want to impress employers, editors, or online readers with your writing?
Do you want to get A grades on term papers and essays?
Do you want to become a good writer – in creative non-fiction, journalism, fiction, or academic writing – as quickly as possible?

The secret to this writing success is not studying 200 grammar and style points in the writing textbooks. 

Instead, this course – designed by an experienced university professor and published author with Oxford University Press – shows you the sentence-level lessons you need to know to write well.

These are the 7 most common problems found in people’s writing.
These problems most likely lurk – like weeds – in your writing right now.   

If you complete the lessons and exercises honestly and fully as outlined in this course, then your writing will improve in just a few weeks of intensive study. If you do not find this course helpful, you may request a refund within 30 days, no questions asked.     

These lessons and exercises were designed and tested at the University of Toronto and York University with thousands of undergraduate students. Many students improved their grades by a whole grade category after completing these lessons, finding that this short list of key lessons provides clarity. Students have applied these lessons in the workplace to great success. 

Join now and complete this course to produce writing that gets you the job, earns you an A grade, lands you a writing contract, or impresses that magazine or newspaper editor.   

In this comprehensive course, I will help you:

  • See sentences more objectively;

  • Understand the factors that interfere with communication;

  • Remove dead language – such as dead verbs and weak nouns – from your writing;

  • Avoid embarrassing clichés;

  • Write more clear, direct, and precise sentences;

  • Use adjectives and adverbs more carefully, in targeted ways;

  • Write poetically and rhythmically with parallelism and sentence variation;

  • Add detail to your writing;

  • Become an original writer, not a copy.

Your writing transformation awaits...

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Reviews

Elpis
November 14, 2023
I appreciate the detailed videos and the examples provided help me understand exactly what we are trying to avoid when writing.
Shane
October 25, 2023
I'm terrified I'm going to put a stretcher, phoney intensifier, thickener, or redundancy in my review. I've only completed the first two sections of this training module and I've already learned a great deal and found names for things in my writing and others that I know are wrong but could never put my finger on. I will probably watch this four or five more times across the next two months; it's fantastic.
Tarra
September 25, 2023
This actually is very helpful with my writing because I have started writing books for publishing and as a beginner author I realized I not only write like this but I 'think' and 'talk' like this in my day to day life. I have been looking for opportunities to help me say less in my vocabulary and not over-do it, and the universe brought me here. I'm only 15 minutes in, & it's already helped tremendously!
Judy
July 12, 2023
I finally found the course I was longing for. I struggle to improve my writing skills for many years, but Dr. Koerber made the complex simple. There are so many fundamental yet easy to understand knowledge points I can apply straight away.
Ma
May 9, 2023
This helps me a lot to know more deeper about the correct way of using the part of speech in writing.
Brook
February 28, 2023
good knowledge, damn understandable. This course blows...sweet cinnamon onto my tastebuds that crave knowledge.
John
February 9, 2023
Hello Duncan, Thank you for the straightforward and concise lesson. I've always wanted to improve my writing skills, and this lesson has been very helpful to me. Will check more of your courses soon.
Holly
January 20, 2023
Boring. I disagreed with some of what he said. Too many instances of him droning on reciting verb after verb.
Victoria
January 3, 2023
Useful, and deep understanding of the use of the language to be more efficient at work communication, but also improve communication for other usages. Recommended for non-English speakers
Donay
December 21, 2022
It is sometimes difficult when English is not your home language, and you have to communicate daily to people and can't structure your sentences correctly.
Madeline
December 16, 2022
It's well explained, and the examples make a clear picture of why what's being explained help to make a better sentence.
Zion
December 15, 2022
It was a great time. I learned a lot, and with my seriousness and dedication, I'll be one of the best.
Jas
December 6, 2022
There we're too many writing portions. We are at work and are doing this on the side so It was way too much. I would cut it back some, If I had the option.
Jacob
November 28, 2022
This course is well-written. The video media format allows for ease of access. The breakdown of smaller sections of the bigger picture creates building blocks. This allows for a solid foundation in learning.
Muhammad
November 11, 2022
Very good course. If handouts were provided for all the examples in different course section, it would have been even better.

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