The wisdom of great writers such as Shakespeare or von Goethe applies as much to bid writing as to life generally.
"Jordan Kelly has illustrated her valuable lessons on preparing and writing successful bids with apposite quotations from a range of authors over the last 2,500 years.
Bid-Writing Lessons from the World's Greatest Authors
Shakespeare, Twain, Pope, von Goethe, Emerson, Yeats, Thoreau, Kipling, Ruskin, Hemingway, RL Stevenson . . .
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These and other greats of literary history have much to teach the writers of today. No-one, however, could benefit more from becoming a student of these masters of the written word than the commercial bid writer. Their philosophies are enduring, and the principles that guided their work are as relevant to twenty-first century proposal professionals as they must have been to the disciples of their living years.
This funky and fun little read is an assembly of the enduring and pithily expressed wisdom of over 100 authors, strategists, philosophers and other accomplished figures. It features 47 smart little lessons from Jordan Kelly, on Research, Thinking & Strategy, on Writing, and on Editing, Re-Writing, Practice & Perfection – reinforcing the timeless advice of these sages.
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