14: How to Write Anything Better: The One-Person Rule

This writing tip is so simple and it completely transforms the quality of your writing. 

Write to ONE person.

This simple strategy will make your writing faster, clearer, and more engaging, whether you're working on a book, blog post, sales page, or social media update.

Writing to one person helps you tap into your authentic voice and communicate more powerfully. Give it a try and get in touch to let me know how it goes! (You can reach me at hi@jacquelinefisch.com.)

✨ 4 Key Takeaways

• Writing to one person makes writing easier, faster, and more effective

• By keeping one reader in mind, it can help you relax — and relaxed writing feels better

• Write with specificity to make your message feel more conversational

• Build trust when you use the same words your reader or ideal client uses

✍️ 10 Writing Prompts to Find Your Ideal Reader:

1. What are you struggling with?

2. I see you experiencing these problems…

3. I see these things going on in your life…

4. It sounds like you're feeling…

5. I understand. You've already tried…

6. If you don't solve this problem, what does that mean for you?

7. What do you want most?

8. I'm so excited for you because you have…

9. You feel… now that you have your dream outcome.

10. Finally, you can…

✅ Practices to try

1. Pull up an email and pretend you're writing a blog, email, or book chapter to ONE person. Bring them to mind and write. 

2. Use your phone's talk-to-text feature while imagining you're having a friendly conversation with your favorite client or reader.

🔗 Resources Mentioned

• Intuitive Writing by Jacqueline Fisch

• The Intuitive Writing Collective for copy and content writing templates, writing resources, workshops, live writing time, and more

• The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

• Connect with Jacqueline Fisch: JacquelineFisch.com

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