Adam Durst
@adurst
Adam Durst
New writers make one big mistake.
They think great writing is about writing.
Nope. I mean, writing is a part of it. But there’s SO MUCH MORE.
Great writing is about:
They think great writing is about writing.
Nope. I mean, writing is a part of it. But there’s SO MUCH MORE.
Great writing is about:
- Strategy.
- Structure.
- Research.
- Editing.
- Hooks & headlines.
Maya Sayvanova • How Journalists Write So Much, So Fast
So what is The Inverted Pyramid, and how will that help?
This writing structure allows you to write first drafts within minutes using fill-in-the-blank prompts.
It also captures readers’ attention immediately and keeps them engaged until the end.
Here’s how it goes.
This writing structure allows you to write first drafts within minutes using fill-in-the-blank prompts.
It also captures readers’ attention immediately and keeps them engaged until the end.
Here’s how it goes.
- You give us the most important part of the article by answering these questions: Who?
Maya Sayvanova • How Journalists Write So Much, So Fast
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
Stoics do not seek to have the answer for every question or a plan for every contingency. Yet they’re also not worried. Why? Because they have confidence that they’ll be able to adapt and change with the circumstances.
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Professional services organizations that successfully commercialize more productized offerings do the following five things well: Invest in new commercialization capabilities Have clear owners for commercialization success Begin building their commercialization strategy at the beginning of the product development cycle Continue to iterate on their
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Only people can be free. If we believe something else makes us free, we never learn what we must do.
The moment you believe that freedom is given, it is gone
Timothy Snyder • On Freedom
A good go-to-market strategy answers the questions: What do we sell? To whom? How?
Sean Gillispie • Commercialize: How to Monetize, Sell, and Market Productized Offerings in B2B Professional Services
We say that a symbol stands for something, but all too often a symbol merely stands in for something. The American flag is supposed to stand for freedom, but it can very easily stand in for freedom. In singing the anthem, we treat its values as permanent, or as if they were enacted by song. But praise is not practice.