Our tailor-made workshops and one-on-one/small group sessions emphasise that:

• good writing depends as much on good thinking and structure as on style; plain English is just the start.

• if it doesn't work for the reader, it just doesn't work

• writers learn to write by writing, getting constructive feedback, then writing again.

Depending on clients’ needs, workshops cover some or all of the following:

• what good writing looks like

• the clear-thinking/clear-writing dynamic

• tackling writing as a two-phase process, not a one-off act

• readers’ need for accurate, readable, actionable communication

• developing the right structure for a document’s purpose

• writing a first page: how to summarise

• writing ‘point-first’ at every level: from headings through to individual sentences

• the writers’ toolkit: basic grammar as a path to clearer communication

• editing your own work: first-aid for weak prose

• editing and reviewing others’ work: how and when

• controlling tone.