I remember Guy Kawasaki saying he tries to follow this list of N things tactic for all his speeches so that people don't have a problem of following him. They won't doze off.
Two other quick formats of writing essays:
1.
"The secrets of telling a story well are three:
i. How to end
ii. Where to begin
iii. What to leave out."
- Roy H. Williams.
In that order. Determine the end first. And you can take your readers on to a journey. Surprise and delight them by connecting seemingly unrelated stories. Malcolm Gladwell uses this format very well.
2.
Another format is answering 3 questions:
i. What is the problem?
ii. Why is it the problem?
iii. How to solve it?
Makes writing easier, quicker and more comprehensive.
"I remember Guy Kawasaki saying he tries to follow this list of N things tactic for all his speeches"
It helps the audience judge about how long something will be going on for. With print, you don't need that, since you can see the length of the piece in advance.
Two other quick formats of writing essays:
1.
"The secrets of telling a story well are three:
i. How to end
ii. Where to begin
iii. What to leave out."
- Roy H. Williams.
In that order. Determine the end first. And you can take your readers on to a journey. Surprise and delight them by connecting seemingly unrelated stories. Malcolm Gladwell uses this format very well.
2.
Another format is answering 3 questions:
i. What is the problem?
ii. Why is it the problem?
iii. How to solve it?
Makes writing easier, quicker and more comprehensive.