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Why Stories About Creativity Don’t Tell The Whole Truth
Apple TV's Dickinson does a lot right. Not facts. Other things…
Advanced Writing Advice for the Modern Creator
Next-level writing is not just about consistency. It’s about better first drafts. It’s about pushing the niche boundaries. It’s about moving past the comfort of rituals. It’s about dwelling on an idea where others won’t.
22 Time-Saving Tips for the Modern Writer
What these tips really do is trim down the time you spend not writing. That way, you can focus on commas, semicolons, and surprising your audience with an antiquated adjective. Freed from slow procedures, you can finally get around to writing those ideas tucked away in the corner of your mind.
5 Ways to Write More, Faster
Whether you’re working to create the next quotable line for your feature film, or simply crafting a Seth Godin-style short post, you need to have ammunition for the days you can’t seem to get momentum.
6 Ways to Turn Your Average Creative Work to Extraordinary
Your extraordinary work won’t look exactly like anyone else’s
How To Unlock the Power of Persuasion in Your Writing
I’m writing this because I want to help you. Even though I’ve been writing professionally for over 10 years, I haven’t done much writing about writing.
No, You Will Never Write That Book
If there’s anything a writer hates to hear, it’s this: “Oh, you’re a writer? I have a great idea for a book!” Nobody means any harm about this, of course. But the implication is clear — anybody can write anything if they try hard enough. After …
6 Lessons Jimmy Stewart Taught Me About Creativity
Before we get into the creative lessons I learned from the life of Jimmy Stewart, a reminder: When we look at the machine of cinema now, we forget the scrappy, chaotic explosion of innovation from which it came. Consider this: in the first decade …