Tom Seymour on Lessons

Amazing journalism, full of detail and nuance; but one thing strikes me. Here, you get a sense of Lucy Letby’s character, something the British media, across a 5 year time case, failed to do. Court restrictions, I know. But there’s a lot of empathy at the heart of this article.

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Written for: Founders, marketers and operators

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