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Mascots: Old & Corny or New & Timely?
Mascots have become an unpopular choice of copy these days. They are associated with the previous century, with unscrupulous attempts to...
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Jan 31, 20191 min read


Walking a Razor's Edge
So, about that Gillette commercial.... It was quite polarizing, to say the least. Plenty of ads use controversial topics or provocative...
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Jan 22, 20191 min read


I got ads that jingle, jangle, jingle.
Jingles are, by a wide margin, the most expensive copy I do. Why? Because they're worth it. Jingles stay in people's minds forever. If I...
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Jan 10, 20191 min read


New Years Resolutions
Enough with the cliches: Lose Weight, Become Bilingual, Play Guitar. How about Grow Your Business? Not a lot of lists seem to have that...
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Dec 30, 20181 min read


Interactive Ads
I was first introduced to interactive ads as a consumer, not a creator. I was watching hulu when I encountered an advertisement unlike...
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Dec 18, 20181 min read


Meditation and Writing
You'd be hard-pressed to find among a small group of writers one or two who don't meditate. It seems to be more popular among creative...
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Nov 26, 20181 min read


How I combat writer's block
Writer's block sucks. For creative types, a mental block can have you questioning your identity, your skill, your life. It's not so...
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Nov 13, 20181 min read


Show, don't tell.
Call it what you want. Subtext. Exposition. Deep meaning. My screenwriting professor, like so many other before him, insisted that you...
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Nov 13, 20181 min read


A book club review: Heroes of the Frontier.
I can't fly anywhere without a book. Generally speaking, I buy a book at the airport, read it on the plane, then give it away when I...
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Nov 13, 20181 min read
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