Description
Book SynopsisWhether you're an agency writer in need of inspiration, a one-woman-band drumming up work from new clients, an established business trying to get more from that mysterious thing called 'content', or you simply want to persuade your colleagues to adopt your point of view, How To Write better Copy by Steve Harrison will help you write better copy.
It starts with the thinking before the writing, and how to create the all-important Brief. Then it takes you step-by-step from how to write a headline to how to get the response you want from your reader. With examples at every stage, and explanations based on both the author's twenty-five years' experience and recent scientific research, this book will help hone your skills - whether you're writing websites or press ads, e-zines or direct mail, brochures or blogs, posters or landing pages, emails or white papers.
Table of ContentsChapter - 1: What You Really Want is 'Effective' Copy Chapter - 2: The Thinking Before the Writing Chapter - 3: How to Write Your Brief Chapter - 4: Getting Your Message in the Right Order Chapter - 5: How to Write Your Headline Chapter - 6: How to Write Your Body Copy Chapter - 7: Your Second Draft: Put These Things In Chapter - 8: Your Third Draft: Cut These Things Out Chapter - 9: Rewrite Chapter - 10: How to Lay Your Copy Out Section - i: P.S. That was the theory: But what about the practice? Section - ii: Notes Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements Index - iv: Index
