this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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That's awesome. I'm putting that up in my classroom.
aug 23, 2025, 4:45 am β’ 5 0 β’ view
1000% this ππ people really underestimate/underrate the impact *life* has on a writer's voice
aug 22, 2025, 7:21 pm β’ 13 0 β’ view
I am use words for wrote boks and essays many of. No complutir can does what Iβm do
aug 22, 2025, 9:51 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
π Achingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
aug 22, 2025, 4:25 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
Excellent words ! Sorry she passed π
aug 23, 2025, 10:50 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Reminds me of the hundreds of job applications that came in at my workplace this past week with personal essays and "describe a project you did" that were written by LLMs/AI. One person's chatGPT answer quoted my own work as their reason why we should them them. No, #AI is no substitute.
aug 22, 2025, 4:17 pm β’ 66 4 β’ view
MY typos prove this was not LLM-generated.
aug 22, 2025, 5:45 pm β’ 72 0 β’ view
Same holds true for music as well
aug 22, 2025, 7:05 pm β’ 22 1 β’ view
Yes, and visual arts, too. Midjourney has no soul.
aug 22, 2025, 9:12 pm β’ 22 1 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 4:10 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 4:35 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
So, so, so, TRUE. Important for lived truth to be shared.
aug 22, 2025, 7:00 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
grok is this true
aug 22, 2025, 3:50 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
Thank you for sharing this! π«Άπ»βπ»
aug 22, 2025, 4:18 pm β’ 4 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 3:54 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
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aug 23, 2025, 3:39 am β’ 0 0 β’ view
Could not agree with her more. If we do not write for ourselves, we will not have anything decent to read in the future. That would be bleak indeed.
aug 22, 2025, 4:38 pm β’ 25 1 β’ view
RIP.
aug 22, 2025, 4:18 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
I love this. RIP Kathy. Thank you for sharing this.
aug 22, 2025, 4:24 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 9:13 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Inspiration for writers.
aug 22, 2025, 3:40 pm β’ 10 0 β’ view
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aug 23, 2025, 3:37 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Love this!βπΎ
aug 22, 2025, 7:21 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
I remember when my kids were in grade school one or more writing teachers urging students to find their own voice, and I hadn't thought about how far away from that we are now in so many places
aug 22, 2025, 3:40 pm β’ 87 6 β’ view
I am hanging this up at school!!!
aug 22, 2025, 9:54 pm β’ 8 0 β’ view
that is excellentβ¦thank you for sharing it
aug 22, 2025, 9:42 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
This is so beautiful
aug 22, 2025, 3:51 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
How beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. And if I could also ad: AI is fucking theft; none of those writers were paid for their work to be used as training days for those large language models. The only reason AI ever says anything good is when it's stealing from a good person.
aug 22, 2025, 6:45 pm β’ 27 4 β’ view
couple people have asked for a source on this, itβs not from her personal website but from the FAQ section of a writing workshop she used to do www.thegallopingmuse.com
aug 22, 2025, 3:49 pm β’ 329 42 β’ view
Thank you so much for sharing this.
aug 23, 2025, 12:14 pm β’ 8 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 9:54 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
Thank you for sharing. I had read a few of her books. Never knew she was an ad powerhouse as well.
aug 22, 2025, 3:24 pm β’ 23 0 β’ view
Chills
aug 23, 2025, 12:38 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 3:43 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Thanks for this.
aug 22, 2025, 2:54 pm β’ 11 0 β’ view
π₯°
aug 23, 2025, 4:57 am β’ 0 0 β’ view
Beautiful. Sending to my son. Later. He is doing a Sundance screenwriter work shop right now. Remotely
aug 22, 2025, 4:20 pm β’ 6 0 β’ view
"Words are the echo of your soul". Wise words indeed.
aug 22, 2025, 4:23 pm β’ 7 0 β’ view
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aug 22, 2025, 2:36 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view