manifesto craft
notes on writing manifestos that light both yours and readers’ hearts on fire
by rob hardy · updated 27m ago
manifesto craft
notes on writing manifestos that light both yours and readers’ hearts on fire
by rob hardy · updated 27m ago
Manifestos are repositories of a kind of magic and madness that does not exist in any other genre.
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The longer a manifesto is, the exponentially crazier and duller it seems to get. If a manifesto is a type of advertisement, then ask yourself: Who would write a 35,000-word advertisement? The Unabomber, for one.
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Caught in a contradiction, playing both despot and revolutionary, artist and critic, “straight man” and clown, the manifesto writer must persevere. The secret to this perseverance is drama. The theater of the absurd. You build a little self-contained world and invite the audience in. Describe this world in detail. Don’t be afraid to make it enterta
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