David Perell

Founder, Write of Passage · 1 appearance on the record.

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David Perell is an educator and writer who created Write of Passage, a cohort-based school that teaches students to publish online. He also hosts the How I Write podcast, interviewing prominent authors and thinkers about their creative processes.

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Perell: Writers should address one individual reader rather than a crowd

“People consume your content alone. And when you're writing, you are writing to one person in one place at one moment in time. And you have to remember that.”

David Perell May 24, 2024 ▶ 47:52 How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell

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Perell: People hate writing because they suppress genuine curiosity

“So many people are like, oh, I hate writing. And most of the time, it's that they associate writing with doing things that they don't want to do. And then when they think about, well, it's time to write, they Subconsciously don't allow them to write about the …”

David Perell May 24, 2024 ▶ 1:00:00 How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell

The other half of the tape: David Perell's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 12 times in 6 episodes on My First Million. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Puri: Building a 'binge bank' of content beats a resume or portfolio

“This idea of create a binge bank, I think is so much more valuable than a resume or a portfolio. It's like, people will come knocking, they will get curious about you, and like, give them a way to just binge your content like it's a Netflix show. And by, after…”

Shaan Puri May 24, 2024 ▶ 4:51 How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell