{"id":870059,"date":"2014-03-23T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=870059"},"modified":"2014-03-27T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:27:11","slug":"writing-tips-for-non-writers-no-grammar-geeks-allowed","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/writing-tips-for-non-writers-no-grammar-geeks-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Tips for Non-Writers (No Grammar Geeks Allowed!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#julie-harrison\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo grav-hashed\" id=\"grav-eee2ad5c9d1fd20aad58fb133e6a5114-0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eee2ad5c9d1fd20aad58fb133e6a5114?s=81&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&amp;r=G\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s true; anyone can blog \u2013 even bad writers. But with more than 150 million blogs competing for readers\u2019 attention, can you afford to turn them off with mediocre writing or lazy grammar?<\/p>\n<p>Remember how you used to sleep during English class? Don\u2019t worry: Julie was the geek at the front of the class and she took enough notes for all of you! Topics will include: crafting engaging titles for posts, best practices for editing your online writing, persuasive writing techniques, and WordPress plug-ins that help make it all easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level:<\/strong> Beginner user, Intermediate user, Advanced user<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong> Technical knowledge is not necessary or relevant &#8212; just an open mind to learning new tips and tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s true; anyone can blog \u2013 even bad writers. But with more than 150 million blogs competing for readers\u2019 attention, can you afford to turn them off with mediocre writing or lazy grammar? Remember how you used to sleep during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/writing-tips-for-non-writers-no-grammar-geeks-allowed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Writing Tips for Non-Writers (No Grammar Geeks Allowed!)<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8356622,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1582047039,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[870057],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[7390],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-870059","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-content-creators"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"February 18, 2020","time":"12:30 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"870057","slug":"julie-harrison","name":"Julie Harrison","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/julie-harrison\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/870059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8356622"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/870059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870061,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/870059\/revisions\/870061"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/870057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=870059"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=870059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}