Comments on: In Praise of One Liners http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/ Internet Marketing, Branding and Web Development for B2B Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Brad Shorr Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:44:44 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2963 Jean, I like that last one, too. Never heard it, but a good one to repeat out loud or silently as often as possible! <abbr><em>Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/copywriting/in-praise-of-one-liners/" rel="nofollow">In Praise of One Liners</a></em></abbr> Jean, I like that last one, too. Never heard it, but a good one to repeat out loud or silently as often as possible!

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]]> By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:25:42 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2962 This has been a challenging week, so at the moment some of my favorite personal one-liners are: 1) Centered, creative and constructive. 2) What's the opportunity here? 3) If I weren't so busy worrying, what would I be doing? 4) How can I make this a sacred moment? The last one is brand new, and as I write this it's the one that has the most power. <abbr><em>Jean Browman--Cheerful Monks last blog post..<a href="http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/09/22/is-this-really-the-best-use-of-my-time/" rel="nofollow">Is This Really The Best Use of My Time?</a></em></abbr> This has been a challenging week, so at the moment some of my favorite personal one-liners are:

1) Centered, creative and constructive.

2) What’s the opportunity here?

3) If I weren’t so busy worrying, what would I be doing?

4) How can I make this a sacred moment?

The last one is brand new, and as I write this it’s the one that has the most power.

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]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2960 Brad Shorr Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2960 Hi Lori, thanks for the tip about Brian Andreas. I really like number 1 - you could ponder that all day. It really is harder to write fewer words than many. Clients sometimes get sticker shock when they hear how much it costs to create a tag line, but I find those projects two or three times as challenging and time consuming as writing five or ten basic Web pages. <abbr><em>Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/copywriting/in-praise-of-one-liners/" rel="nofollow">In Praise of One Liners</a></em></abbr> Hi Lori, thanks for the tip about Brian Andreas. I really like number 1 – you could ponder that all day. It really is harder to write fewer words than many. Clients sometimes get sticker shock when they hear how much it costs to create a tag line, but I find those projects two or three times as challenging and time consuming as writing five or ten basic Web pages.

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]]> By: SpaceAgeSage --- Lori http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2959 SpaceAgeSage --- Lori Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:40:56 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2959 One of the shortest storytellers I know is artist Brian Andreas (http://www.storypeople.com/storypeople/Home.do). In a few words he can capture a feeling, a lifetime of meaning, or maybe an ache we never could explain -- all in his quirky, insightful style. His stories, though short, beg to be digested for along time: 1) One Us Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of my self & for a moment there was only one us in all creation. 2) This is just one of those lives you try & get through, she told me, I'm hoping for better luck next time. 3) Some Kind of Ride feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly <abbr><em>SpaceAgeSage --- Loris last blog post..<a href="http://spaceagesage.com/2008/09/24/criticisms-dark-and-light-sides/" rel="nofollow">Criticism’s dark and light sides</a></em></abbr> One of the shortest storytellers I know is artist Brian Andreas (http://www.storypeople.com/storypeople/Home.do). In a few words he can capture a feeling, a lifetime of meaning, or maybe an ache we never could explain — all in his quirky, insightful style. His stories, though short, beg to be digested for along time:

1)
One Us
Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of my self & for a moment there was only one us in all creation.

2)
This is just one of those lives you try & get through, she told me, I’m hoping for better luck next time.

3)
Some Kind of Ride
feels like some kind of ride but it’s turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly

SpaceAgeSage — Loris last blog post..Criticism’s dark and light sides

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2958 Brad Shorr Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2958 Hi Robyn, Verbs rock! Finding the right verb reduces verbiage. Consider that sentence. My first draft might have been, Finding the right verb is a good way to reduce verbiage. (BTW, I just noticed that "excess verbiage" is redundant - another word to leave out!) <abbr><em>Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/copywriting/in-praise-of-one-liners/" rel="nofollow">In Praise of One Liners</a></em></abbr> Hi Robyn, Verbs rock! Finding the right verb reduces verbiage. Consider that sentence. My first draft might have been, Finding the right verb is a good way to reduce verbiage. (BTW, I just noticed that “excess verbiage” is redundant – another word to leave out!)

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]]> By: Robyn http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/in-praise-of-one-liners/comment-page-1/#comment-2957 Robyn Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:44:31 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=949#comment-2957 Brad, the short and sweet, leave it out works. Sometimes a person's tempted to keep adding useful information. I go back and delete the "empty words" I tend to fill in on a rough draft and examine my verbs. That helps bring clarity. <abbr><em>Robyns last blog post..<a href="http://brainbasedbiz.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-fear-pauses.html" rel="nofollow">Don't fear the pauses!</a></em></abbr> Brad, the short and sweet, leave it out works. Sometimes a person’s tempted to keep adding useful information. I go back and delete the “empty words” I tend to fill in on a rough draft and examine my verbs. That helps bring clarity.

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