05:16

The Golden Rule of Writing: Introduction

03:26

"Broken Peace"

03:04

To Create Great Paragraphs, Use Tabloid Headlines

04:31

What is a Paragraph? Does It Even Exist?

03:43

To Describe a Place, Put Someone Into Action

13:05

Making Grammar Simple: Can We Just Get Along?

04:51

How Do You Organize a Piece of Writing?

07:29

What are 'Details' In Writing? Surprise!

03:27

To Explore Details, Find and Connect One Object After Another

08:11

Move Like a Pendulum, Back and Forth from Scene to Summary

13:59

The Many Kinds of Details for Your Writing

11:11

"We Got the Beat": The Case of "His Girl Friday"

05:51

Use Story Beats To Explore Ideas, Debate Issues, and Make Arguments

04:08

Use Beats To Reveal Meaning and Cause Change in Your Story

02:18

Overcoming the Fear and Loathing of Grammar

03:35

To Provide Telling Details, Look for Unique Glimpses Into People's Lives

06:47

Show Ego With Status Details

12:25

How to Look for Details for Your Writing

03:33

Lyin' Eyes: Make Sure to Use Lies to Develop Your Characters and Stories

05:53

Speech Acts: Word Don't Just Inform. They Also Change the World.

04:15

Creating Mystery and Surprise in Your Writing: The Case of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'

04:38

Depicting Action: A Case Study of the Buffalo Creek Flood

02:33

All Writing is Editing

07:46

Edit From Big To Small Pieces (Part 1)

10:05

Edit From Big To Small (Part 2)

08:15

Bring Action Into Your Writing

04:46

Write "One True Sentence." If You Can Do That, You Can Write *Anything*.

04:02

Follow the Golden Rule for Sentences: Breaking It Down

04:15

Building Great Sentences: How The New York Times Covered Three Great Crises in American Politics

05:58

Nesting: The Power of Interlocking Pieces in Your Writing

03:24

The Shapes of Composition: The Case of Bill Clinton's Life

09:04

Think of Punctuation as the Road Signs Along Your Journey

13:05

Grammar: Master the Relations Of Your Stories and Ideas

05:18

How to Organize Your Pieces of Writing: The Case of Malcolm Gladwell and his Profile of Victor Gruen

03:35

Use Fine-Grained Detail to Engage Your Readers Emotionally: The Case of 'Portraits of Grief"

06:47

Use Status Details to Express Ego: The Case of You-Know-Who

05:43

Paraclusters and Tabloid Headlines

06:13

Following the Golden Rule in Paragraphs: The Case of Martin Luther King's "Mountaintop" Oration

07:18

Writing Hinge Sentences: Show Complexity ... And Live a Longer, Better Life! (Yes, Seriously)

03:25

Using Action Verbs: The Cases of Laura Hillenbrand and Ivan Goncharov

06:37

Move Back and Forth, Like a Pendulum, from Short to Long Sentences

03:05

Move like a Pendulum: The Case of Ernest Hemingway

06:06

Use "To Be" and "To Have" . . . Occasionally

01:53

Give Your Sentences Blasts to Great Energy and Action

13:59

Explore a Wide Range of Details in Your Writing

04:38

Describing Action: The Case the Buffalo Creek Flood

04:31

Is There Any Such Thing as a Paragraph? If So, What Is It?

03:31

The Golden Rule of Writing (1): The Concept

02:37

The Golden Rule of Writing (2): The Concept Explained

05:13

The Golden Rule of Writing (5): Mapping Passages from Brent Stapes and James Van Tholen

01:58

The Golden Rule of Writing (7): Understanding the Imperative to 'Start Strong, Finish Strong'

02:30

The Golden Rule of Writing (6): Start Strong, Finish Strong

03:38

The Golden Rule of Writing (8): Ronald Reagan and the Imperative to 'Start Strong, Finish Strong'

04:30

The Golden Rule of Writing (9): Bill Nack and the Imperative to 'Start Strong, Finish Strong'

01:19

The Golden Rule of Writing (11): The Landscape View Technique

04:50

The Golden Rule of Writing (12): Benefits of the Landscape View

03:13

The Golden Rule of Writing (14): The Conversion Process

04:11

The Golden Rule of Writing (13): Beware . . .

04:53

The Golden Rule of Writing (3): Understanding the Journey

00:36

The Elements of Writing, by Charles Euchner