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Loring Rocke's avatar

Idea for next essay….

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Loring Rocke's avatar

And here’s a title for your next l piece…..

“Men are from Mars, Women from Venus” (an update)

Guy Thinking: Life is a game. And money the scorecard.

Vs.

Girl Thought: If you dress well and look good, you don’t need a purpose in life.

PS….Send your resume to an ad shop. You’ll get an interview with your degree. Even if they try to stick you in data analytics, hold out for a copywriter job. You’ll be happy there with folks just like you. Try Leo Burnett, Draft/Foote Cone, BBDO, Ogilvy….these are the big shops. And lots of boutiques.

https://www.designity.com/blog/the-top-26-advertising-agencies-in-chicago

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Audrey Pettigrew's avatar

this is good food for thought... thank you

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Loring Rocke's avatar

The writing is engaging, smart and stylistically interesting with a stream of consciousness approach. I say experiment more with post-modern writing. Or post postmodern writing. What Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggars, and Chuck Klosterman do. Write an essay in PowerPoint. Do a story thru text mail exchange

You went to MIT. Go wild with innovation.

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Audrey Pettigrew's avatar

thank you Loring for the thoughtful comments and recommendations. i did a brief search on post-modern writing and post-post modern writing and totally agree that that's a direction i'd like to lean into.

i've actually had a Jennifer Egan novel on my TBR for ages, so I think it's time to prioritize that one!

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Loring Rocke's avatar

“Love, Drugs and a Fashion Breakup Worth $95 Million”

In the messy, public split of the Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet and Erik Torstensson, no accusations seem off limits.

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Susanne's avatar

You wrote this so beautifully !

The last paragraph I just had to write down for me to remind myself of your words !

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Audrey Pettigrew's avatar

wow thank you Susanne! so cool to hear that something i wrote resonated with you <3

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Air Head Agenda's avatar

Queen pls make me a fashion board

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Audrey Pettigrew's avatar

today's colectivo activity?? we make fall mood boards??

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