manifesto craft
notes on writing manifestos that light both yours and readers’ hearts on fire
manifesto craft
Manifestos are fiction dressed as fact.
Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.
Benjamin Life • Tweet
this is part of why i think many startups could benefit from a bold manifesto. helps break free from race to the bottom commodification, and re-position themselves in a more premium way.
The startup is a song, not a fixed story. New movements arise, old ones fade, new harmonies join. A manifesto is great way to coalesce the current movement but it must be a living document.
Clint Watson • Tweet
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
... See moreJulian Hanna • The Manifesto Handbook
well-arranged words rearrange reality.
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
In its highest form, the manifesto acts as a magic spell incanted by the visionary artist. It is a performative speech/act that attempts to bring a new reality into existence.
Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
Demons must be named to be defeated, just as our deepest and most vile urges or emotions must be acknowledged to be integrated
Θωμᾶς del Vasto (soul/acc) • Tweet
You need a point of view. Something you stand for. Something you believe that others don’t. Something you see that others are blind to. That’s the writing that spreads and makes a difference.