Can You Become a Copywriter and Be a Wreck at Public Speaking?
Can you be a wreck at public speaking and a copywriter at the same time? Good question. Tricky answer actually. Copywriters and art directors typically spend ALL DAY LONG in presentation mode. Whether it’s to their own partners or to the Creative Directors or to the, yikes, clients…literally it’s endless. Ideas are only etchings on paper until they are presented to others, remember. But wait, before you toss away that perfect ad portfolio you’re building, there’s actually hope for you if you completely dread and find yourself physically unable to speak in public. Some copywriters and some art directors have actually forged smaller careers in advertising by making it well known that public speaking is just NOT something they are capable of. Plain and simple…they can’t and they admit that they can’t. ***Please note…this IS FAR MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE!*** So how then does the process work for them if everyone else is on this endless ‘presentation parade?’ Well, first of all
