"Follow the script, get the girl"?

Another common type of dating advice is what I call the "script".

Basically, these approaches assume that they're starting you from square one. They tell you, specifically, what to write in your profile. They tell you exactly where you should go on your first date. They give you scripts for conversations.

In short, the author is describing a rigid pattern of behavior that has worked for him.

And it's probably a pattern that works for the author. Because this "pattern" does a good job of demonstrating positive aspects of the authors personality.

But you're not the author. And, by rigidly following his pattern, the best result is that you look like him. And the worst result is that you look phony and insincere.

Don't get me wrong. These resources are NOT useless. Some of them have some decent ideas. And some of those ideas may integrate well into your personality.

But, in the end, the purpose is to demonstrate the best aspects of your own personality. Not the personality of some system's author.