Clear Writing Videos

In 2014, I created a two-hour video course on clear writing for curious.com. It’s based on the writing of people like E.B. White, Rudolf Flesch, and William Zinsser. It includes associated digital quizzes and print worksheets.

Check it out here.

Stuart Mill English was my company name.

The videos explore topics like brevity, style, and tone. They come with useful examples.

I taught myself to use Camtasia to produce the videos. (Sometimes I got frustrated.) I also used Audacity and Gimp for audio and photo editing.

I created this rubric for the course. It’s a nice summation of everything.

My tone guide helps people understand (1) what tone is and (2) how to create a desired tone.

In total, there are 72 worksheets like this.

Years later, I’m still getting comments and the videos are still helping people.