Lick these five faults in the way you communicate—and turn people on to your persuasive impact. https://t.co/0WUe8fiHxV #businesswriting#communications
Want to write with more style? Focus on five elements proven to reward your readers: diction, sensations, sound, repetition, and analogy. https://t.co/mGz2YSSA4V , #writingtips#writingadvice#writingcommunity
Why talk and write in repeating patterns? The parallelism primes people for faster, easier, and more rewarding comprehension. Tips on making your writing flow: https://t.co/5EUXYuWUvX. #businesswriting#communications
My most-popular Psychology Today post of 2023: “Want to be Persuasive? Find a Metaphor.” The right metaphor, research suggests, may have more persuasive impact than even a story: https://t.co/VDGlXr0PDb #writingtools#writing#amwriting
Harvard Business Review just published “10 Must Reads for Business Students”: https://t.co/rV5xqR2Hbp A great last-minute gift! My 2021 article, “The Science of Strong Business Writing,” is #3! https://t.co/9EPr3M1euX #writingtips#writingadvice#writingcommunity
What do people learn about you from your writing? Your “big five” personality traits for one thing—conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, neuroticism. See https://t.co/bSomGLJN8N #amwriting#writetip
Breaking news: Harvard Business Review will reprint my article “The Science of Strong Business Writing” (https://t.co/nRQYOBczdi) in HBR’s 10 Must Reads for Business Students in December. I’m honored! #writingskills#writingtools
How do stories persuade? They disarm people’s inner skeptic—and charm rational brains into going along for the joy of the narrative ride. See Psychology Today https://t.co/EO5IIkGMJU #writingadvice#writingcommunity
You and ChatGPT share one thing: A brain that’s a prediction machine. When you’re writing, you may not beat the bot’s prediction speed, but you can win the quality race by appealing to human rewards. See Psychology Today https://t.co/qWUTgtqFKF #writingtools#amwriting