Initial assignment. Hogan’s Creek write an email or linked in letter to the sustainability head of Hogan’s Creek, Australia’s premier pilsner. Explain the Power Ledger offering in as clear and convincing way as possible. Trace X original . Trace X example
Prints on the Gun exercise. Group investigation into the motor of writing. We take a piece of writing from a typical detective situation and ask how persuasion is operating in terms of beats. These are fundamental story units that are found everywhere. Google Prints on Gun exercise Other Speech materials
The once upon a time exercise to see what happens in the kingdom. This exercise is about feeling our way to the critical ingredients of a super simple story.
Remember your school food? Unless you lived in Sweden where people report their school food as being excellent, you’ll remember it with some mixed feelings. This exercise is simple. Write to your dinner lady and get her to change what’s on the menu. Remember, she’s not minded to change anything, but something inspiring and not too manipulative might work. Write here
Reading out pure drivel is interesting. We read this text out aloud while standing up. We sit down when we’ve had enough then we ask the question: when and why do we give up reading? This exercise shows how a logic or flow glitch sheds readers like a leaky pipe. You can use this tool to fix any script.
Winston Churchill’s finest hour speech is a masterclass in structure. Probably the most famous speech in the English language it shows the power of going taking an idea to its logical conclusion.
Two presidents, two inaugural speeches, in the early mid section where the pain problem or situation gets developed. Can you guess who did which on? Spoiler alert: don’t watch the Video if you’ve not done the problem. What does this tell us about quality as opposed to what we think is quality?
Stephen Hawking’s book sold more copies than the bible, 9 million copies in forty languages. And yet the subject matter is to say the least, quite complex. His gift is that he’s trying to help you understand, not to bamboozle you. His opening story demonstrates how the entire theme of the book can be summarised and illustrated in a single child like story.