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Editorial Skills for Charities
          Workshop
      26 January 2012


www.charitycomms.org.uk
Getting creative and tackling
       writer’s block
‘A lot of howling nonsense would
be avoided if, in every sentence
containing the word WRITER, that
word was taken out and the word
PLUMBER substituted; and the
result examined for the sense it
makes.’ Philip Pullman
1. Look to get involved in more than writing
‘A copywriter who is just a copywriter
is not a copywriter.’
Direct Mail (Macmillan Cancer Support)
Newsletter (Lewisham Council)
Fundraising campaign materials (VSO)
Exhibition (Royal Albert Hall)
Direct Mail (Concern Worldwide)
Website (Pathways)
2. Expect to find ideas in the brief
Jennifer Kamara, 27, is no ordinary
entrepreneur. Kidnapped by
soldiers at the age of 18, she was
raped and beaten by her captors
and threatened with death if she
tried to escape. Her mother was
told she would never see her
daughter again.
3. Don’t start writing too soon
4. Think with drawings
5. Change location
6. Do read about copywriting
The Copywriter’s Handbook, Robert W Bly

How to Write Sales Letters that Sell,
Drayton Bird

More Words that Sell, Richard Bayan
1 Look to get involved in more than writing
2 Expect to find ideas in the brief
3 Don’t start writing too soon
4 Think with drawings
5 Change location for a fresh perspective
6 Do read about copywriting

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Getting creative and tackling writer’s block

  • 1. Editorial Skills for Charities Workshop 26 January 2012 www.charitycomms.org.uk
  • 2. Getting creative and tackling writer’s block
  • 3. ‘A lot of howling nonsense would be avoided if, in every sentence containing the word WRITER, that word was taken out and the word PLUMBER substituted; and the result examined for the sense it makes.’ Philip Pullman
  • 4. 1. Look to get involved in more than writing
  • 5. ‘A copywriter who is just a copywriter is not a copywriter.’
  • 6. Direct Mail (Macmillan Cancer Support) Newsletter (Lewisham Council) Fundraising campaign materials (VSO) Exhibition (Royal Albert Hall) Direct Mail (Concern Worldwide) Website (Pathways)
  • 7. 2. Expect to find ideas in the brief
  • 8.
  • 9. Jennifer Kamara, 27, is no ordinary entrepreneur. Kidnapped by soldiers at the age of 18, she was raped and beaten by her captors and threatened with death if she tried to escape. Her mother was told she would never see her daughter again.
  • 10. 3. Don’t start writing too soon
  • 11.
  • 12. 4. Think with drawings
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 22. 6. Do read about copywriting
  • 23. The Copywriter’s Handbook, Robert W Bly How to Write Sales Letters that Sell, Drayton Bird More Words that Sell, Richard Bayan
  • 24. 1 Look to get involved in more than writing 2 Expect to find ideas in the brief 3 Don’t start writing too soon 4 Think with drawings 5 Change location for a fresh perspective 6 Do read about copywriting