A woman facing a blank screen, struggling with creative block.
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Stop calling it writer’s block. Your brand just forgot how to talk

The cursor blinks like it’s mocking you. Your brain is a browser with fifty tabs and zero music playing. Everything you try sounds like it was ghostwritten by LinkedIn in a coma. You’ve done this before. Written the posts, launched the thing. Pulled magic out of half a sentence and a deadline. But lately? Nothing…

An axe with blood on to represent how killing your darlings is an important concept also in marketing. It's all about refining brand messaging for clarity.
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On the importance of killing your darlings

“Murder your darlings”, goes the saying. A phrase born in literature, but one that belongs just as much to branding and business. The greatest brands, like the greatest books, aren’t defined by what they include. They are defined by what they have the courage to leave out. The phrase, often attributed to William Faulkner, origins…