Complete guide to clear and literate English writing. You will master the basics of written speech, key grammatical structures, essay writing skills, and effective text construction methods. Each topic is supported by a large number of clear examples to ensure you can confidently apply the knowledge in practice.
Master English Writing
About the Author: Luke Priddy
Luke Priddy is an English teacher and the creator of the educational platform Cloud English. He has been teaching people from different countries to speak English confidently and naturally for over 10 years. His approach involves a minimum of boring theory and a maximum of conversational practice, pronunciation, and real expressions from everyday speech.
Luke conducts his own online courses and actively develops social media with free lessons. Thanks to his simple explanations and modern teaching style, his audience exceeds hundreds of thousands of students worldwide.
He has created dozens of courses on platforms like Udemy and his own platform lukepriddy.com, and also publishes educational videos, podcasts, and exercises for daily English practice.
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| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Overview Demo | 07:36 | |
| 2 | Essential Best Practices | 10:21 | |
| 3 | Correcting and Punctuation | 07:00 | |
| 4 | Mindset | 06:18 | |
| 5 | An Example of Unclear Writing | 13:21 | |
| 6 | Clarifying Unclear Writing | 05:05 | |
| 7 | How to Write Clearly: Part 1 | 05:50 | |
| 8 | How to Write Clearly: Part 2 | 07:47 | |
| 9 | What Redundancy and Repetition Look Like | 11:20 | |
| 10 | Full Example of Redundant Writing | 10:27 | |
| 11 | Fixing Redundant Writing | 05:59 | |
| 12 | Why Simplicity Matters | 08:03 | |
| 13 | Examples of Simple Writing | 09:24 | |
| 14 | How Adjectives Can Make Writing Your Writing More Vivid | 10:38 | |
| 15 | Alternatives to Very and Really | 06:24 | |
| 16 | When Adjectives are Not Used Well | 02:53 | |
| 17 | Using Adjectives Well | 03:53 | |
| 18 | Replacing Adverbs with Vivid Verbs | 05:30 | |
| 19 | Replacing General Verbs with Vivid Verbs | 08:09 | |
| 20 | Making Use of Verbs for Clarity | 10:38 | |
| 21 | Overview of Active and Passive Voice | 14:34 | |
| 22 | Awkward Usage of Passive Voice | 10:05 | |
| 23 | Using Active and Passive Voice Naturally | 10:04 | |
| 24 | Overview of Modifiers | 06:42 | |
| 25 | How to Avoid Confusion with Modifiers | 11:19 | |
| 26 | Only This Lesson Only Focuses on Only | 04:29 | |
| 27 | Defining Good Syntax | 07:58 | |
| 28 | Examples of Bad and Good Syntax | 04:46 | |
| 29 | Overview of Dependent and Independent Clauses | 10:40 | |
| 30 | Examples of Dependent and Independent Clauses | 07:06 | |
| 31 | Prepositional Phrases: Part 1 | 07:35 | |
| 32 | Prepositional Phrases: Part 2 | 05:14 | |
| 33 | Simple Intermediate and Advanced Sentence Building | 06:39 | |
| 34 | Short Sentences Pack a Punch | 05:44 | |
| 35 | Short Sentences at the End | 02:59 | |
| 36 | Making an Impact with Short Sentences | 06:15 | |
| 37 | Punctuation Overview | 04:53 | |
| 38 | Connecting Independent Clauses | 07:30 | |
| 39 | Commas for Relative Clauses | 13:58 | |
| 40 | Commas for Bonus Information | 04:57 | |
| 41 | Linking Things at the Front | 06:29 | |
| 42 | Commas for Lists | 04:17 | |
| 43 | Semi-colons | 12:00 | |
| 44 | How to Use Hyphens | 21:39 | |
| 45 | Building Compound Adjectives with Hyphens | 11:19 | |
| 46 | Overview of Paragraphs | 04:56 | |
| 47 | Structuring Paragraphs | 11:54 | |
| 48 | ragraph Example | 04:29 | |
| 49 | Form Follows Purpose | 20:39 | |
| 50 | Building an Outline | 13:09 | |
| 51 | Outline Example | 08:52 | |
| 52 | Essays and How to Practice | 09:54 | |
| 53 | Short Variations | 18:30 | |
| 54 | Full Variations | 03:17 | |
| 55 | Replacement Exercise Steps | 13:12 | |
| 56 | Getting Down to the Bones | 08:03 | |
| 57 | Full Replacement Exercise Example | 06:27 | |
| 58 | Peer Review Overview | 06:55 | |
| 59 | Benefits of a Writing Buddy | 08:59 | |
| 60 | The Full Peer Review Process | 12:06 | |
| 61 | What makes a good prompt? | 10:32 | |
| 62 | Essay Prompts for Opinion, Explanation, and Comparison | 05:03 | |
| 63 | Essay Prompts for Pros and Cons, and Hypotheticals | 02:30 | |
| 64 | Essay Prompts to Agree or Disagree, and Give Preferences | 04:39 | |
| 65 | Write for Review | 10:48 | |
| 66 | Final Thoughts | 09:34 |
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