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Long before I was born, author Earnest Hemingway coined a philosophy on writing called The Iceberg Theory.  The idea behind his theory is that as a writer, you should know so much about your idea that you’ll actually need to use FEWER words to engage the reader.  He explains it here:  “If a writer of […]

Why your brand story needs a worldview (and how to find it)

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This week, I read The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr.  Without a smidgen of doubt, this is one of the best books I’ve read throughout 2020. (The 3.3 pages of notes in my Google folders lends some proof to that claim.)  What I’d really like to do is just share that Google doc with you. . . because […]

Is your story doing its job?

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It can be so hard to step back from the expected narrative of our lives, and even easier to describe ourselves with language that feels safe and proven.

But what might happen if you take just a moment to really think about the characters, the themes, the individual moments, and the conversations in your life>> the ones that have made life super hard and the ones that have made life super beautiful?

How to tell a better brand story

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