Coffee, Tea or Something Stronger?
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Coffee, Tea or Something Stronger?
Clare Lynch interviews her fellow writers about their lives and work. Whether you're a copywriter, blogger, novelist, poet or professor, "Coffee, Tea or Something Stronger?" is designed to give you the shot of inspiration you need to finish that novel, submit that thesis or launch that fre...
Recent Episodes
22 episodes
How to write a memoir
Clare Lynch talks to author Elisabeth Spencer to find out what makes for a
good memoir, and how to write one.
Podcast E20: How to capture the right tone of voice for your brand
Tune in to hear Nick discuss:
Why nailing tone of voice is so tricky
Examples of companies who’ve got a great tone of voice
Storytel...
Podcast E19: Halloween special - how to make it as a horror writer
Tune in to hear CC discuss:
- The attractions of horror as a genre
- What scares him
- London as a character in his work
- His...
Podcast E18: How to write a novel in a month
For this episode of Coffee, Tea or Something Stronger?, Clare Lynch talks
to Sophie Green and Charlie Yarwood, local organisers for the London...
Podcast E17: How to write for video
Tune in to hear Kathryn discuss:
The need to know your audience – and have a purpose when you talk to them
The one word you should always...
Podcast E16: Creative ways to win copywriting clients
Tune in to hear Robbie talk about:
Conversion copy – what it is and how to write it
Why copywriting is like method acting
How to res...
Podcast E15: A BBC presenter on how to tell a good business story
Tune in to hear Jamie discuss:
How to structure a story with rule of 3
The Aunt Marjorie test for explaining ideas clearly
How to us...
Podcast E14: The mathematician who teaches writing
Tune into to hear Vin discuss:
The benefits of writing to a tight word count
Why it’s important to create a sense of ease in your reader
Podcast E13: How to argue effectively
Tune in to hear about:
- The role of writing skills in debating
- How debating skills can be applied in the workplace
- How to struc...
Podcast E12: The links between writing and music
Writing as part of a portfolio freelance career
How to gather interesting material by interviewing people
The discipline required to perfo...
Podcast E11: How to write like a thought leader
- What good thought leadership looks like (and what it doesn’t)
- The four essential ingredients for any thought leadership piece
- Two ke...
Podcast E10: How to write a speech
How to write a text so it’s ‘speakable’
The two essential criteria every sentence in a speech must meet
The uses and abuses of ancient rhe...
Podcast E9: How to write for internal communications
Tune in to this episode to discover:
- What internal communicators do – and how they use writing and writers
- The problem of ‘corpspeak’...
Podcast E8: Why every writer should try their hand at poetry
Listen to this episode to discover:
- Poetry’s relationship with music, film and rhetoric
- How to ‘train’ to be a poet
- How to tap...
Podcast E7: Using corpora (language databases) to improve your writing
Corpora (singular "corpus") are large databases of texts that are used for research into the way language is used.
Tune into this episode to dis...
Podcast E6: Living the dream as tech copywriter and surf girl
Tune into this episode to discover:
- Why it helps to play dumb when you’re writing about tech
- How to deal with feedback on your copy
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Clare Lynch interviews her fellow writers about their lives and work. Whether you're a copywriter, blogger, novelist, poet or professor, "Coffee, Tea...
Podcast E5: The creative couple who launched their own publishing house
Tune in to discover:
- How Ella and Martin choose which writers to publish
- The relationship between design and the written word
-...
Podcast E4: Why is academic writing so hard?
Tune into this episode to learn more about:
- The particular challenges of writing at post-graduate level
- Cultural factors that can unde...
Podcast E3: How to make it in B2B copywriting
Tune into this episode now to hear about:
- How to help clients see the value you offer as a copywriter
- The value of being part of a net...
Podcast E2: From copywriter to full-time novelist
Tune into this episode now to hear about:
- Spotting trends – and how to use them to get a publishing deal
- How to carve out time to writ...
Podcast E1: Using grammar to be a more effective writer
Tune in to learn about:
- The different grammars of English
- The problem with following the ‘rules’ of grammar
- The differences be...