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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #12–Use Italics for Emphasis Sparingly
Remember the story of the boy who cried wolf? Keep it in mind when you use italics for emphasis. Used conservatively, italics tell the reader, Notice! Vital information! But when you use them too liberally, italics have the opposite effect. … Continue reading
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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #11–Keep Your Manuscript Simple
Some manuscripts look as if the writer was trying to be a designer as well. It’s easy to get too fancy. Please don’t. Keep things as simple as you can. No artsy chapter heads and subheads. No special formatting. No … Continue reading
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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #10–Watch Out for Tense Flipping
When you begin an anecdote in one tense, maintain that tense till the end. If you start in the past tense, stay in the past tense; if you open in the present tense, close in the present tense. Maybe this … Continue reading
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