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tell-them-something-new skillA
Cuts opening sentences that recap what the recipient already knows about themselves, their company, or their own work. Implements Konrad's rule 2 ("begin with something they don't know — tell me a secret about the future") and Kramon's rule 4. Use when a draft opens with flattery, a summary of the reader's accomplishments, restating their stated thesis, or reciting biographical facts they already have. Triggers on "they already know," "rewrite the opener," "stop with the flattery," "first senten
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kalyvask/winning-writing · 13 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch main
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