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Two skills that are incredible to combine:
Writing and storytelling.
For the past 2 years, I’ve spent 1000s of hours studying both.
Here's a distillation of the best ideas I've come across:
Avoid these killer writing mistakes.
The secret to great writing is great editing. These 12 mistakes are simple to spot and easy to fix (with examples):
10 storytelling secrets.
Storytelling is a skill. These 10 concepts give you plenty to practice with:
7 important story structures.
If you’re a beginner storyteller, structure is key. There’re archetypes of stories we’ve shared for thousands of years, here’s a summary (with famous examples):
A blueprint for copywriting.
You can’t change people’s minds if you can’t get them to click. Every creator needs to learn copy, here’s how in under 90 days:
Dive into a reading list.
Stephen King once said, ‘if you want to be a writer, you must do things above all others: read a lot and write a lot’.
Reading about writing is a great progress hack. You learn and improve.
Sell more with story.
Storytelling and business go hand in hand. Online, trust is low and skepticism is high.
The right story is the answer.
Get attention, go viral.
Your ideas are pointless if people don’t pay attention. You can spend hours on a thread that’s ruined by a poor hook.
Here’re 10 you can steal:
Become a well-paid creator.
I’ve made over $48,500 since April with writing and storytelling. Here’s a step-by-step process of how you can too:
Stop imposter syndrome.
Most people never share their story because they feel like an imposter. I suffer with it massively.
This thread is how I keep writing anyway:
Storytelling prompts.
People suck at stories not because they lack skill, but because they lack inspiration.
10 questions to get you started:
A trick to 10x your quality.
I’ve been asked countless of times this year how I improved fast. The secret is one technique many experts swear by:
Handcopying.
Here’s the process:
Take a copywriting crash course.
I distilled everything I’ve learned about copy into an 85-minute video course. Over 5,000 people have used it so far. Come join them here (completely free):
kierandrew.ck.page
A master’s storytelling wisdom.
@judecharles is an unbelievably skilled storyteller.
Last month, he hopped on a Spaces to share 16 years of knowledge. It was insane. Bookmark this for your next walk:
@JudeCharles Thanks for reading!
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