The world recently lost a special woman whose lifelong commitment to duty gives the lie to this much-abused, over-used word.
A piece of beautiful writing by Thich Nhat Hanh about his mother's death.
Moved and inspired by the final of the BBC 'Strictly Come Dancing' show, Scott draws parallels between writing and dance.
I'm buzzing after a wildly successful coaching session with a client. In this episode you get to hear the 17 things James is gonna change about his writing (SDK - Spelling Doesn't Kount). Ta-daa!
Inspired by a successful session coaching a client in persuasive writing, Scott shares how together they turned a sow's ear of an email into a silk purse.
On the day that he celebrated a life lost and took to the streets to help preserve hard won freedoms, Scott looks at the origins of 'protest'.
Want a safe, legal way to shift your mindset fast? Plus the Word of the Day, courtesy of Susie Dent.
Having whittled rhetorica down to 15 simple techniques (from 21), I've just had further endorsement from a client of their power.
These are the four readability ratios that bid writers et al should track religiously to improve their writing.
Inspired by James Knight's iMA colour-based language system, Scott invites you to write in a way that appeals to all four colours.
Explode the Myth by writing plain English and using its five benefits.
3 quick and easy ways to humanise factual, technical text in your bid responses. (The evaluator will love you forever.)
Besides a lovely testimonial, Scott shares what his coachee will change about her bid writing.
A leading light on the climate crisis, Monbiot espouses a new approach for living within planetary boundaries.
Inspired by a great coaching day with a client, Scott shares three vital aspects of a well written bid.
Scott indulges his love of history and poetry to recite his own poem, 606 years and one day after Henry V's famous victory.
Indulging his love of Shakespeare, Scott recites the famous St Crispin's Day speech from 'Henry V'.
Scott reads and comments on the language of the Saturday Guardian's article 'Forces of nature'. The article looks at the impact of arrest on climate protesters, including long-time activist and actress, Jane Fonda.
Scott looks at the origins of this ancient, Germanic word and Brian Cox's use of it on BBC's 'Question Time' to stop two politicians squabbling.
Scott attempts to explain this increasingly common error, and gives three ways of resolving it.