Jul 16, 2020 | Communication, Editing, Effective Writing, Managing, Uncategorized
Simple and direct is the reliable go-to sentence structure of English, but if you edit closely and notice that certain words in a sentence create important emphasis, rearrange the order to position those words at the end. Positioning words for emphasis, so that you...
May 15, 2012 | Persuasion
Aristotle said that to be persuasive, you must have the ability to move an audience emotionally, because people often do not make decisions logically. As I mentioned in a recent post, one way to tap emotions is through flattery. Another tactic is to ask for things in...