2005 - 07-27-05

# 2005 - 07-27-05

From:

North of Jewfish Creek

Dear Friend & Subscriber,

In this newsletter, we are going to talk about
what makes "Can You Guess Part II?" ("A Valentine For
Jessica") such a good piece of writing.

I've already given you the reason why Part I and
Part III of the "Can You Guess" series were so
successful. Remember... the answer
was...

Specificity

But that is NOT the answer with "A Valentine For
Jessica". And, for those of you who haven't guessed already,
it was me who wrote "A Valentine For Jessica".

When I wrote that little essay, I'm not sure
exactly why I did it. I think mostly I wrote it because so many
people were always commenting about "The Gary Halbert Style"
of writing. I think all good writers do develop a "style" of
their own. But I think what I wanted to prove was, a really
good writer could write in almost any kind of style and from
almost any kind of "voice".