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My writing services combine a unique blend of comedy writing (I have done standup comedy since I was but a wee young lad, and also a trained Second City sketch comedy writer), direct response copywriting, and what I have come to call “method speech writing.” When I began video editing (2016) it was back when there was no AI to generate subtitles. So every short form video I made required manual transcribing. Through this process I eventually learned to write not just in somebody’s voice, but in their speaking voice. Now I can tap into that without manually transcribing someone says. Just by working with you I’ll get better and better at writing in your exact voice, comedically and persuasively.
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My research services often focus on subject matter research for content/curriculum ideation and writing purposes. My research has been used for creating the curriculum for a university course, a documentary, a video essay series, developing brand identities for media projects and businesses and in US federal policy white papers.
Oftentimes, creators wish to make a course or explore a new topic in a video — but they don’t know what to say. A wise man once said “there’s no such thing as writer’s block, only reader’s block.” If you’ve absorbed enough high quality ideas, it’s much easier to say something of substance yourself. Properly researching a topic can take a long time and many creators prefer to work on the creative elements of their projects.
Sometimes a creator simply can’t research something on their own because it’s locked inside their own mind and they need the right person to extract it. I am a seasoned interviewer and I’ve been told by my collaborators I am great at asking the right questions to pull tough-to-articulate thoughts out of their head, and then organize all of the seemingly unrelated concepts into a coherent, actionable idea. Many creators and founders have found me useful in saving dozens of hours and helping identify the first principles and holistic frameworks that help them finally make sense of their ideas and know what they want to say with their projects.
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