Writing Without Bullshit, Josh Bernoff
Writing Without Bullshit, Josh Bernoff
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Writing Without Bullshit
Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean

Author: Josh Bernoff

Narrator: Josh Bernoff

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Joining the ranks of classics like The Elements of Style and On Writing Well, Writing Without Bullshit helps professionals get to the point to get ahead. It’s time for Writing Without Bullshit.Writing Without Bullshit is the first comprehensive guide to writing for today’s world: a noisy environment where everyone reads what you write on a screen. The average news story now gets only 36 seconds of attention. Unless you change how you write, your emails, reports, and Web copy don’t stand a chance.In this practical and witty book, you’ll learn to front-load your writing with pithy titles, subject lines, and opening sentences. You’ll acquire the courage and skill to purge weak and meaningless jargon, wimpy passive voice, and cowardly weasel words. And you’ll get used to writing directly to the reader to make every word count.At the center of it all is the Iron Imperative: treat the reader’s time as more valuable than your own. Embrace that, and your customers, your boss, and your colleagues will recognize the power and boldness of your thinking.Transcend the fear that makes your writing weak. Plan and execute writing projects with confidence. Manage edits and reviews flawlessly. And master every modern format from emails and social media to reports and press releases.Stop writing to fit in. Start writing to stand out. Boost your career by writing without bullshit.

About Josh Bernoff

Josh Bernoff has been a professional business writer for more than 30 years, including two decades as a renowned technology analyst. He is the coauthor of three books on business strategy, including the bestseller Groundswell.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Denis

Как писать дельные тексты. Как и ожидал, писать по плану, готовить материал, понимать цель, начинать заранее, редактировать. «Пиши, сокращай». Из любыпытного - писать первый текст, это всего 10% времени, остальное время - другие этапы......more

Goodreads review by Taylor

Meh. It's 'ight. If you've read Peter Elbow's Writing Without Teachers and use your critical thinking skills to apply it to business content creation, then this book will probably only be of value during analysis paralysis. If you haven't read Writing Without Teachers, you should, but if you're in a......more

Goodreads review by Jay

The author suggest not wasting your reader's time with extraneous stuff, and taking an active voice. Another suggestion - daily practice. Not too surprising, with plentiful examples (perhaps over-plentiful). Good for a refresher - you already know these things.......more

Goodreads review by Eli

I highly recommend this book to someone looking to improve their writing efficiency in a business/professional environment. This book discusses techniques on how to follow the "Iron Imperative," in other words "Treating the reader's time as more valuable than your own."......more