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Can humour work in a serious speech

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Can humour work in a serious speech

Is humour appropriate to convey a serious message when writing a speech? Not always but sometimes, it’s the perfect choice.

When Sir Ken Robinson, in a TED talk, asked the audience to imagine Shakespeare as a seven-year-old child, they laughed and more importantly, they listened. He effectively used humour to convey a serious message, that schools ‘kill’ creativity.

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Read to improve your writing

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Read to improve your writing

Every serious writer will likely have a bookshelf full. To write well, they often recommend read a lot, see how others craft their words, tell a story, shape a message.

Take the author Stephen King, for example. He said, “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

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Write so your words are remembered

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Write so your words are remembered

If good writing is remembered, perhaps we should look at some of the world’s most memorable phrases to see what they have in common.

Here are three examples, each showing the skill in writing words that are remembered, not just until lunchtime, but rather, forever.

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'Tis the season to meet deadlines

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'Tis the season to meet deadlines

Do you need a hand with your pre-Christmas writing deadlines? Perhaps, we can help. Contact the JMP Writing Coach (dawn@jmpwritingcoach.com). We’ll do our best to save your Christmas.

Especially if your workload has progressed like this, in the JMP rewrite of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’.

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Tips on writing: a skill that can be learnt

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Tips on writing: a skill that can be learnt

Writing is a skill that can be learnt like any other, according to Satya Brink, a former co-chair of the OECD Governing Board for PIAAC (the Survey of Adult Skills). “Furthermore, the learnt skill will serve you all your life.”

Brink offered several tips on how to improve your writing skills