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How to Make Your Writing Delicious, and Thus Make Prospects Crave More and More

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Anatole France

“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.” – Anatole France, Born Apr. 16, 1844. Who are you writing to? Robots? No, we communicate with people. Human beings. So why bother to write to live, breathing, ambulatory meat bags full of emotion – about boring old “stuff”? […]

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Over-complication Leads to Under-performance – So Simplify, Stupid

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Leonardo da Vinci

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci, Born Apr. 15, 1452. Y’all are making it too complicated. Drowning in options and possibilities? Start slapping some arbitrary limitations on yourself and see what you come up with. Innovation and elegance come from making the best solution out of what you have at hand. So

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How to Get Away With Embellishment: Admit To It Proudly!

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Joseph Barber Lightfoot

“There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.” – Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Born Apr. 13, 1828. Let’s define a term temporarily for the purpose of this piece. I’m talking about your average bullshitter. And by “bullshitter” I mean the kind of person that is just always

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The Difference Between Fiction and Copy is in Where You Put the Confusion…

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Scott Turow

“The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.” – Scott Turow, Born Apr. 12, 1949. Scott writes fiction, unlike us. But his point holds, because we DO use complexity and ambiguity. The purpose of narrative in copy is to give COMPLEXITY to the problem the prospect is facing. We give it

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Decide what to do, and do it now. End indecision and procrastination IMMEDIATELY.

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George Canning

“Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.” – George Canning, Born Apr. 11, 1770. Do you have these problems? Procrastination? Overanalyzing? Thinking too much? Over-planning? Inability to just get started on your grand plans and possibilities? It all boils down to what old George is saying. Indecision, and delay. If you can’t decide WHAT

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To Gain Persuasive Power, Practice Practical Lying in Person…

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Clare Boothe Luce

“Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.” – Clare Boothe Luce, Born Apr. 10, 1903. Lying is powerful. Whether you call it telling tales, self-delusion, pretending, make believe, whatever – if you want to get good at what we do, you need practice. If you want to

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Your Style Is Discovered Through Copying Others and Throwing Out What Doesn’t Work For You

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Vivienne Westwood

“If you’re too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.” – Vivienne Westwood, Born Apr. 8, 1941. When I first went freelance and was trying to figure out this whole guruhood-as-a-business-model thing, I had a worry. What is going to be my “thing”? What is going to be

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