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Sophistry is Pretty Great Actually | Rhetoric in Ancient Greece
Hey, you’re just in time for our first journey through time and space—today, we’re looking at the origins of rhetoric, its early critics,...
Sep 2920 min read


Write What You Mean, Mean What You Write | George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"
Today we’re talking about the time that George Orwell combined my most and least favorite topics into a single essay called “Politics and...
Sep 2610 min read


Dear Writer, Here's How You Find Your Voice
Okay, dear viewer, you want to find your voice—and today I’ll show you a few ways to do just that. A few days ago, I published a piece on...
Sep 2517 min read


Whatever You're Writing, Make It A Vector
If you want a reader to read to the end, they’ve got to have somewhere to go. In every middle schooler’s life there comes the momentous...
Sep 248 min read
The Beginning Poet's Quickstart Guide: 4 Lyrical Principles for Writing Poetry
Poetry can be an intimidating thing to get into—so let’s get you started with 4 basic principles to get you on your way to writing better...
Sep 2312 min read


This Series Could Change Your Life (It Changed Mine) | Intro to the History of Rhetoric
For centuries, getting an education meant getting an education in rhetoric—it was the foundation of the liberal arts, one of the three...
Sep 226 min read
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