Perell: Writers should address one individual reader rather than a crowd
David Perell · How To Master Storytelling ft. David Perell · May 24, 2024 · at 47:52
Writer and Write of Passage founder David Perell explains to Shaan Puri how to frame the audience mindset when publishing content online.
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“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.”
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