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Sue Tobias's avatar

Totally resonate with "Our brains love a plan: it satisfies the Type-A freak inside all of us".

My clients love when I present a (simple) plan!

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Jessica Black's avatar

Love this! Wish everyone who sold to me used this strategy!

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Matthew Hurst's avatar

I'm going to see if I can work this into science stories, which are kinda sorta salesy, but also, in very important ways, not.

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Joe Lazer (FKA Lazauskas)'s avatar

Let me know how it goes!

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Gillian Hill's avatar

I use a very similar system as a fiction editor turned copywriter/editor and love it. The more we learn fictional story structure, the stronger our copywriting/marketing storytelling will be. Yay to reading more fiction!

I will say 'I once split my head open while playing ultimate frisbee on mushrooms there, so suffice it to say that Campbell and I have a pretty special connection' was the BEST take from this piece!!

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Joe Lazer (FKA Lazauskas)'s avatar

He visited me as a spirit in the emergency room! We’re tight.

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Nicole Balsam's avatar

I'm trying this on my next pitch!

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