My favourite recent gift is a subscription to Letterjoy. Every month I get a copy of a historical letter by snail mail. I like it because it gets me off of a screen and onto my balcony with a coffee and paper.
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A compelling story
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Info source arbitrage
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resisting copying
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bringing 2 data sources together
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finding the hook
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finding the narrative
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1st outline:
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Hooks
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Hook 1:
- Only one US soldier has been executed for desertion in the last 150 years.
- And he didn’t deserve to die.
- But he had to.
- This is the story of a man against a machine (thread)
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Hook 2 Only one US soldier has been executed for desertion in the last 150 years.
Was it justified?
I’ll state the facts & you decide.
We start our story on the eve of war… (thread)