Tag Archives: words

Get to the point

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Bill Wren

Get to your point immediately or readers will abandon you. This is especially so online. No one is willing to plow through that first little bit you write to guide a reader into your subject. It is “now or never” … Continue reading →

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Why I posted the post I posted

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Bill Wren

Funny is always very subjective. For the purposes of this post, let us assume my post from yesterday (Dignity is an illusion) is funny. Why would I post it? It’s worth asking since it’s an old post from elsewhere. The … Continue reading →

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Pairs, sequences and storytelling

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Bill Wren

The short video below, The Evolution of Storytelling, tells a story about stories. However, pay attention to how it tells its story. Listen to it and pay attention. You may have noticed pairs and sequences of threes. In fact, the … Continue reading →

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My most popular posts in 2010

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bill Wren

I took a look at my analytics to see what posts were the most popular here during the year. And I made a list of them. I find it interesting looking back at the past year to see that my … Continue reading →

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Social media is gossip (that’s why it works)

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Bill Wren

This is a repost of something I wrote about a year and a half ago, April 2009. I’m putting it up again partly because I like this one but also because I recently saw remarks made by Andrew Stanton of … Continue reading →

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