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May 2024
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What’s Wrong with Writing Education? | A...

David Perell
About this episode

From frustrated middle school teacher to Chief Evangelist at Synthesis School. From 46 email subscribers to 165,000. From hating writing to publishing her first book with a major publishing house: The Learning Game. 

What made all of this possible for Ana Fabrega? 

She unlearned how to write. 

In this episode, Ana shares the seven writing principles you should unlearn if you want to fall in love with writing again and reach people with your ideas. Like Ana, your best ideas could have the power to impact hundreds, if not thousands, of people. You just need to share them in a way that resonates. 

If you’re ready to start making an impact with your ideas, then come learn writing for the modern age. 


SPEAKER LINKS: 

Website: https://afabrega.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/anafabrega11

Book: https://a.co/d/afR9lkc

Newsletter: https://afabrega.com/newsletter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msfab_learninglab/


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Click here: https://writeofpassage.com/


PODCAST LINKS: 

Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel/videos

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470

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