Marlene
@marlenecreative
Creative Strategist
Marlene
July 2023
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise... See more
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise... See more
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Marketers,
Here’s a table with 6 copywriting formulas for writing effective ads.
Bookmark this 🔖 https://t.co/fsRpML7fB6
If you want to make change, begin by making culture. Begin by organizing a tightly knit group. Begin by getting people in sync. Culture beats strategy—so much that culture is strategy.
Seth Godin • This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See
Ed Sheeran and Neil Gaiman are in the top 0.000001% of their fields. They're among, say, 25 people in the world who repeatedly generate blockbusters.
If two world-class creators share the exact same creative process, I get curious. Also, while writing this, I found a video of John Mayer doing the same thing.
I call their approach the Creativity
... See moreJulian Shapiro • Highlights 🥑 Why Your Ideas Are So Bad
Your writing asks questions. Those questions form “Loops” in the mind of your reader. Implicitly, you’re promising to answer those questions later in the story.
Nathan Baugh • 7 Writing Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
met a solo traveler/artist today and she gave me her business card. 10/10, no notes.
Erin Shetronsubstack.com
Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Culture: An Owner's Manualculture.ghost.io