John-Paul Flintoff
@jp.flintoff.org
Writer and artist.
📚 Seven books in 16 languages.
🗞️ ex FT Magazine writer and editor. Bylines: Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times
Agent: Jaime Marshall
Signal: jpflintoff.11
📚 Seven books in 16 languages.
🗞️ ex FT Magazine writer and editor. Bylines: Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times
Agent: Jaime Marshall
Signal: jpflintoff.11
Helping someone assemble Instagram posts as a booklet.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Helping someone assemble Instagram posts as a booklet.
🧵2.
First, avoid banality.
Harold Evans shared various hopeless caption examples in his book Pictures On A Page:
Picture: The Prime Minister enters his car
Caption: "The Prime Minister enters his car"
So don't merely describe what's obvious.
Instead, answer: who, what, where, when, why, how.
First, avoid banality.
Harold Evans shared various hopeless caption examples in his book Pictures On A Page:
Picture: The Prime Minister enters his car
Caption: "The Prime Minister enters his car"
So don't merely describe what's obvious.
Instead, answer: who, what, where, when, why, how.
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🧵2.
First, avoid banality.
Harold Evans shared various hopeless caption examples in his book Pictures On A Page:
Picture: The Prime Minister enters his car
Caption: "The Prime Minister enters his car"
So don't merely describe what's obvious.
Instead, answer: who, what, where, when, why, how.
First, avoid banality.
Harold Evans shared various hopeless caption examples in his book Pictures On A Page:
Picture: The Prime Minister enters his car
Caption: "The Prime Minister enters his car"
So don't merely describe what's obvious.
Instead, answer: who, what, where, when, why, how.
🧵 /3
First, here's how Kalman structured the book:
Childhood in Belarus (see video): 16 pages 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖
Young adulthood in Palestine: 8 pages 📖📖📖📖
Marriage + two daughters: 8 📖📖📖📖
Divorce at age 60, moves to NYC: 8 📖📖📖📖
Life in NY: 8 📖📖📖📖
We’re still less than half way through the book...
First, here's how Kalman structured the book:
Childhood in Belarus (see video): 16 pages 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖
Young adulthood in Palestine: 8 pages 📖📖📖📖
Marriage + two daughters: 8 📖📖📖📖
Divorce at age 60, moves to NYC: 8 📖📖📖📖
Life in NY: 8 📖📖📖📖
We’re still less than half way through the book...
October 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🧵 /3
First, here's how Kalman structured the book:
Childhood in Belarus (see video): 16 pages 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖
Young adulthood in Palestine: 8 pages 📖📖📖📖
Marriage + two daughters: 8 📖📖📖📖
Divorce at age 60, moves to NYC: 8 📖📖📖📖
Life in NY: 8 📖📖📖📖
We’re still less than half way through the book...
First, here's how Kalman structured the book:
Childhood in Belarus (see video): 16 pages 📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖
Young adulthood in Palestine: 8 pages 📖📖📖📖
Marriage + two daughters: 8 📖📖📖📖
Divorce at age 60, moves to NYC: 8 📖📖📖📖
Life in NY: 8 📖📖📖📖
We’re still less than half way through the book...