When you participate in any of the online Write Smart programs, you will be partnering with Mike McClory, one of America’s foremost authorities on turning good ideas into good writing. You will be engaged in a series of interactive,
21st century, multi-media learning activities — not just sitting through another tedious PowerPoint slide show.

After graduating from Northwestern University, Mike began his career with the Congressional Digest, a publication that has earned a reputation — over a span of 100 years — for presenting complex issues in crisp, unpretentious language. In a 1996 interview, he recalled the experience:

Working with seasoned professional editors was full of surprises. I found, for instance, that people in the publishing business expend an enormous amount of time and energy applying the fundamentals of syntax and punctuation. In a few weeks, I learned more about writing than I had learned in four years of high school and four years of college.

As an instructor, Mike is not a dull ivory-tower type. His background includes …

• Producing six videos, beginning with How to Become a Smarter Writer by Solving Word Puzzles, plus a series of brain-training language games — stimulating, entertaining online resources.
• Publishing the 240-page Write Smart eBook, which includes the 12 Step Blueprint — 12 fundamental English language patterns that skilled professional writers and editors rely on to communicate clearly.
• Enabling successful AI interactions through the use of creative prompt engineering techniques.
• Editing the Hill Rag, a monthly Capitol Hill newsmagazine. In 18 months, the publication grew from 36 pages to 98 pages, and advertising revenue increased 300%.
• Making television commercials in New York for Fortune 500 companies.
• Teaching K-12 English at schools in Connecticut, California, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

Participants in his classes have come from a cross section of private, public, and nonprofit organizations: