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by skb_
5003 days ago
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But he isn't trying to be a successful journalist/writer. He was offering advice to other entrepreneurs who would probably take his advice over a journalist's any day of the week. Being persuasive comes in many forms. You can be a good writer or you can be successful, both of those things get you attention. Being successful might even be better since your words are backed with hard-earned credibility. There's a reason why all sports shows nearly always have a former player/coach as an analyst. |
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Yes, and in that case, he should have been open to the common-sense writing advice of a professional. But no, not so. Apparently he believed being a successful entrepreneur makes one successful at everything else by fiat.
> Being persuasive comes in many forms.
Not in writing. At risk of posing a tautology, persuasive writing depends, not on the writer or the topic, but on the writing.
> There's a reason why all sports shows nearly always have a former player/coach as an analyst.
That ought to have disqualified Ernest Hemingway from writing about bullfighting. But Hemingway could write.
> Being successful might even be better since your words are backed with hard-earned credibility.
Under those circumstances, with an assured audience, he should have had the courage to offer ten points rather than 90.
"I am sorry I have had to write you such a long letter, but I did not have time to write you a short one" -- Blaise Pascal