3min chapter

The Espresso Hour cover image

Writing Twitter Threads, 101 with George Mack

The Espresso Hour

CHAPTER

The Master Class in Effective Writing by David Oglvy

In 19 82, David ogilvy wrote an internal memo to the employes of his advertising agency titled how to write. In just ten bullets, he put together a master class in effective writing. So what do you get? You get to learn the master class that david ogilvy gave in 19 82, and that is going to teach you how towrite. And then we've got this other framework as well: Problem agitation solution. It's not length or word count or anything like that that matters. It's just you have to answer those questions for the reader,. otherwise they go, i don't know why i should stop and give you my attention.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode