John Gordon Ross

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Writing, Copywriting and Blogging

This page is about writing in the sense of more-or-less professional writing of substantial amounts of text. So it is not concerned with language doubts (like when to use ‘it’s’ or ‘its’ or whether a singular collective noun can take a plural verb form – try the Language Stuff page if that’s what you’re interested in), or advertising copywriting, which is a subworld all of its own. These are my favourite writing and copywriting feeds, plus a couple for those looking for writing gigs:

Copyblogger has moved » How to Become a Great Copywriter

Tuesday 9 May 15:13:54 UTC 2017

Copywriting is not writing. It is assembling. The best copywriters collect the varied parts of their research and assemble those parts into a true story that resonates with the particular worldview of an audience. Then that story is tested, tweaked, and deployed again. A story that enters the conversation an audience is already having, can be a story that travels. … [Link]

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