The million dollar skill?
Copywriting.
It's the skill that keeps on giving, dealflow, jobs, influence, $, network, it draws moth to flames.
How do write better?
Copywriting.
It's the skill that keeps on giving, dealflow, jobs, influence, $, network, it draws moth to flames.
How do write better?
The #1 to write incredibly?
Read incredible writing.
#2 The next step, go write.
Here's the writing that has made me more & made me better than any MBA class:
Read incredible writing.
#2 The next step, go write.
Here's the writing that has made me more & made me better than any MBA class:
On Writing by @StephenKing
Why? His book is brilliant if you want to get better at long-form.
- To write like ya talk
- to make a voice float off the page
Why? His book is brilliant if you want to get better at long-form.
- To write like ya talk
- to make a voice float off the page
Consider This by @chuckpalahniuk
Why?
- He writes words that will etch into your brain. Forever.
- That's a handy skill
- Hands-down favorite book on writing. I re-read this religiously (evidence below)
Why?
- He writes words that will etch into your brain. Forever.
- That's a handy skill
- Hands-down favorite book on writing. I re-read this religiously (evidence below)
The G File by @jonahdispatch
- Just bc it's complex, doesn't mean it has to be boring.
Why?
- No one else makes me laugh out loud talking politics
- Or cry a lil at a sentence so lovely I wanna tuck it in at night
- smart, sharp hitting journalism at it's best
- Just bc it's complex, doesn't mean it has to be boring.
Why?
- No one else makes me laugh out loud talking politics
- Or cry a lil at a sentence so lovely I wanna tuck it in at night
- smart, sharp hitting journalism at it's best
Shaan Puri @ShaanVP
- Don't just post, enthrall them.
Why?
- I literally save his job posting tweets
- Who TF makes job posts poignant & comical
- This guy, that's how good he is
- Incredible Twitter copywriting and short-form newsletters
- Don't just post, enthrall them.
Why?
- I literally save his job posting tweets
- Who TF makes job posts poignant & comical
- This guy, that's how good he is
- Incredible Twitter copywriting and short-form newsletters
https://twitter.com/shaanvp/status/1371264750852530178?lang=en
Greenlights - @McConaughey
- Don't share ur story, drag em into it.
Why?
- TBH this one surprised the f outta me, not big on celeb novels
- his drawl reverberates through the book
- w/ deep thoughts boiled to bumper stickers
- it's lyrical and all American
- Don't share ur story, drag em into it.
Why?
- TBH this one surprised the f outta me, not big on celeb novels
- his drawl reverberates through the book
- w/ deep thoughts boiled to bumper stickers
- it's lyrical and all American
Dune -
Create a world that'll never leave em.
Why?
- Grab the words, roll around in them and they might just rub off on your writing.
- God willing.
Create a world that'll never leave em.
Why?
- Grab the words, roll around in them and they might just rub off on your writing.
- God willing.
The Shadow of the Wind
- Don't just write, paint with your words.
Why?
- I could cry at some of the sentences in this book.
- I would die happy if I could create my own version.
- Don't just write, paint with your words.
Why?
- I could cry at some of the sentences in this book.
- I would die happy if I could create my own version.
Harry Potter any of them - @jk_rowling
- Don't just tell them things, make them marvel at them.
Why?
- She knows how to tickle you with wonder and awe.
- We love to be lost in awe, I read her to remember that.
- Don't just tell them things, make them marvel at them.
Why?
- She knows how to tickle you with wonder and awe.
- We love to be lost in awe, I read her to remember that.
Shantaram -
- Write philosophy into prose.
Why?
- I love to read this book before writing, it reframes my words into beauty.
- The shower story to me is a love letter to India.
- Write philosophy into prose.
Why?
- I love to read this book before writing, it reframes my words into beauty.
- The shower story to me is a love letter to India.
TLDR:
There's no excuse for speaking or writing poorly. The world of teachers are at your fingertips at the cost of a paperback.
There's no excuse for speaking or writing poorly. The world of teachers are at your fingertips at the cost of a paperback.
Btw who read to the bottom and saw the typo? 😂
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