Unit 2 · Lesson 4• 26 min

Avoiding Common Topic Traps

Today's lesson

Certain categories of topics recur every season and…

Quick Check

1. What is the main danger of choosing an overdone topic?
2. How should a persuasive-sounding topic idea like 'why you should recycle' typically be reframed for Info?
3. What question does the 'mechanism reframe' technique ask instead of 'should we do X'?

Answer all 3 questions to check.

A challenge round will appear here shortly.

Takeaway

Watch for topics that are secretly persuasive or secretly overdone, and reframe or replace them early.