How To Show Them AllIf I knew how to find such things out, I’m sure I’d uncover some scientific paper that conveys just how few people who vow to ‘show you…1d ago1d ago
Copywriting Is — the lost chapterThe missing chapter of Copywriting Is… 30-or-so thoughts on thinking like a copywriterJan 16, 20236Jan 16, 20236
99 ways to have more fun as a copywriter (and possibly get a bit better at it too)1. Try your best.Aug 8, 20224Aug 8, 20224
I am really boring about wild swimming (and I think you may be too)Outdoor swimming didn’t make me boring, it just gave me something with which to bore people.Mar 28, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Every copywriting mistake I made (this week)I didn’t read the brief properly.Mar 14, 20226Mar 14, 20226
Pretty much everything you’ll ever feel when you’re a copywriterYou’ll feel like you’ve been given an awful lot of words in order to write just a few.Jul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021
I don’t know (the three best words a creative can say)I read an interview once with the novelist Nelson Algren where he said this:Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021
The copywriter who stopped writing copyAt this point, I find the most useful copywriting advice I give is to simply share the dependable counsel offered by other writers.Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Creative like ColumboI couldn’t explain why exactly, but creative people seem, in my experience, more dependent on heroic figures than most.Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
English teachers, meet copywriters.My A-level choices were made thusly: Geography (because we got a week’s trip to Poole). Psychology (because I had/have a debilitating…Aug 24, 20202Aug 24, 20202
