Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know it's harder than it looks. Wouldn't it be helpful to have an expert on hand to explain how the professionals really do it? Better still, how about a whole range of writers ready to pass on their trade secrets?

Well that's exactly what you'll find in the pages of this book. Think of it as a rocket-assisted launch for your writing career, structured over ten distinct lessons and illustrated with classic and contemporary international examples of the best copywriting. Designed to help anyone who works with words improve their writing, this book is packed with practical techniques and features effective exercises to pump up your persuasive powers.

Includes inspiring contributions from professional writers, an in-depth look at the challenges involved in writing copy for brands and worked examples that cover writing for digital, brand storytelling, and packaging copy.

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Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know it's harder than it looks. Wouldn't it be helpful to have an expert on hand to explain how the professionals really do it? Better still, how about a whole range of writers ready to pass on their trade secrets?

Well that's exactly what you'll find in the pages of this book. Think of it as a rocket-assisted launch for your writing career, structured over ten distinct lessons and illustrated with classic and contemporary international examples of the best copywriting. Designed to help anyone who works with words improve their writing, this book is packed with practical techniques and features effective exercises to pump up your persuasive powers.

Includes inspiring contributions from professional writers, an in-depth look at the challenges involved in writing copy for brands and worked examples that cover writing for digital, brand storytelling, and packaging copy.

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Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

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Overview

If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know it's harder than it looks. Wouldn't it be helpful to have an expert on hand to explain how the professionals really do it? Better still, how about a whole range of writers ready to pass on their trade secrets?

Well that's exactly what you'll find in the pages of this book. Think of it as a rocket-assisted launch for your writing career, structured over ten distinct lessons and illustrated with classic and contemporary international examples of the best copywriting. Designed to help anyone who works with words improve their writing, this book is packed with practical techniques and features effective exercises to pump up your persuasive powers.

Includes inspiring contributions from professional writers, an in-depth look at the challenges involved in writing copy for brands and worked examples that cover writing for digital, brand storytelling, and packaging copy.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780676807
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Publication date: 09/22/2014
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 30 MB
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About the Author

Gyles Lingwood is Director of Education (Arts) at the University of Lincoln, having previously worked in London's branding and advertising industries. His work has won a number of awards including D&AD, British Interactive Media Association and the US Creativity Awards. He is the author of Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy (Laurence King, 2014).

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Lesson 1 The Big Picture: Our Kind of copywriting 8

Lesson 2 The Right Way to Write: Doing the basics brilliantly 26

Lesson 3 Making the Magic Happen: Memes, memory, and sticky lines 46

Lesson 4 A Catalogue of Swindles and Perversions: What George Orwell can teach copywriters today 74

Lesson 5 It's all About the Audience: Don't solve the client's problem, solve the Customer's 86

Lesson 6 Not Telling Stories, Selling Stories: The power of narrative to convince by stealth 102

Lesson 7 The Brand's in Your Hands: What every copywriter needs to know about the B word 122

Lesson 8 A Question of style: How figures of speech can make your sentences sing 138

Lesson 9 Bringing It All Together: Worked examples that put our ideas to work 158

Lesson 10 What You Need to Succeed: The seven habits of highly successful copywriters 172

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