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    Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side
    Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side
    Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side
    Audiobook5 hours

    Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side

    Written by Trish Hall

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From the former New York Times Op-Ed page editor, a definitive and entertaining resource for writers of every stripe on the neglected art of persuasion.

    In the tradition of The Elements of Style comes Trish Hall's essential new work on writing well-a sparkling instructional guide to persuading (almost) anyone, on (nearly) anything. As the person in charge of the Op-Ed page for the New York Times, Hall spent years immersed in argument, passion, and trendsetting ideas-but also in tangled sentences, migraine-inducing jargon, and dull-as-dishwater writing. Drawing on her vast experience editing everyone from Nobel Prize winners and global strongmen (Putin) to first-time pundits (Angelina Jolie), Hall presents the ultimate guide to writing persuasively for students, job applicants, and rookie authors looking to get published. She sets out the core principles for connecting with readers-laid out in illuminating chapters such as "Cultivate Empathy," "Abandon Jargon," and "Prune Ruthlessly." Combining boisterous anecdotes with practical advice, Hall offers an infinitely accessible primer on the art of effectively communicating above the digital noise of the twenty-first century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateJun 11, 2019
    ISBN9781684570836
    Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side

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    Readers find this title to be a mixed bag. While some appreciate the simple and effective writing advice, others find the book dull and convoluted. The author's back story and anecdotes fail to engage the reader. The narration is robotic, making it difficult to listen to. Overall, the book offers some valuable tips on persuasion and writing, but falls short in terms of flow and interest.

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    • 3/5
      An excerpt: “There are classic story forms. I learned one of the simplest and most effective in a television writing course: Get your character up a tree. Then get him down, in 30 minutes. Done.”

      That's the whole book summed up in one brief bit of advice, bad grammar and all.


    • 5/5
      Awesome book about persuasion and writing!
      Thanks a lot :)
    • 3/5
      I was looking forward to understanding the inner workings of the New York Times Op Ed machine, and pick up writing tips from an experienced editor. However this is really dull. For an experienced Op Ed writer, she has written a really convoluted book that never flows or grab the reader. Basically write simply and don’t use jargon. Unfortunately her back story about life as a journalist is not in the slightest bit interesting. The book threatens to be intriguing when she talks about Angelina Jolie submitting her famous opinion piece on her surgery, but the book’s author passed that on to a colleague.... In addition the person chosen to narrate this book sounds like a robot. This makes it very hard to listen to.
    • 4/5
      I somehow did not understand this book was about writing op-eds, and picked it up thinking it would be about persuasive writing in general. Still, I found it an excellent read -- highly informative and never dry. I learned a lot about how to persuade and she had some good pointers about writing in general. The story of her career was interesting as well and I am not terribly interested in journalism.