Dear fellow writer,
Welcome to Swordsnips, my new weekly video series for writers who want to hone their wordcraft, one snippet at a time.
My first 6-part Swordsnips series for paid subscribers starts next week. It’s called The World of Wordcraft and focuses on nitty-gritty issues of grammar, sentence structure, and style.
Over the next 6 weeks, we’ll take a snip at vivacious verbs, zombie nouns, punchy prepositions, energetic ad-words, clutter-free clauses, and shapely syntax. The content in this sequence is loosely based on my book The Writer’s Diet, so I’ll be running a couple of live Writer’s Diet Clinics along the way to help you sharpen your style.
Each weekly Swordsnip video will arrive in your inbox on a Monday or Tuesday, depending on where you live in the world. If you’re a free subscriber to Helen’s Word, you can watch a brief preview of each Swordsnip; but you’ll need to be a paid or comped subscriber to get full access and to attend my live Writer’s Diet clinics.
Want to delve deeper into the world of wordcraft? Check out my upcoming Wordcraft Catalyst (April 6 - May 16), a 6-week online course that will run in parallel to my Swordsnips series. We’re going to have a blast taking sentences apart and putting them together again, clearer and sharper than before. I’d love to see you there!
Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) – and keep on writing!
Helen
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