How to Write: Advice from David Ogilvy

Summary: Not too long ago, we shared Kurt Vonnegut’s tips for creative writing. Now, we would like to share more tips for writing well from David Ogilvy. The following ten tips came from a company memo Ogilvy sent to his employees at Ogilvy & Mather on September 7, 1982. “The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well…”