Genre Mix 01 (General)

Genre Mix

Shouty self help book

THIS SNIPPET IS ALL CAPS AND ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY. 

This is how you might write if you were a SELF-HELP GURU and you KNOW what PEOPLE NEED TO DO in THIS SITUATION—which is why sometimes you need to DROP TRUTH using ALL CAPS to make sure your readers GET THE POINT.

YOU HAVE A CRAVING FOR CAKE AND SEEK ONE OUT.

Unless you also kill off the BIG MONSTER in the MENTAL REALM – the BRAINWASHING that tells you this thing DOES SOMETHING for you – you’ll never be FREE of the DESIRE for it.

The Easy Way to Quit SugarAllen CarrSource

Now let's apply that style of writing to the scene in Delacroix's painting.

Eugene Delacroix Liberty Leading the People

Here's an example.

YOU HAVE A CRAVING FOR REVOLUTION AND SEEK ONE OUT.

Unless you have plans for an ORGANISED TRANSITION of CIVIL RULE—a POWER STRUCTURE that can effectively GOVERN SOCIETY—then your UTOPIAN IDEALS will CRASH on the ROCKS OF DAILY LIFE.

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