Drink Better Coffee: Stepping Into 2024
Not resolutions. Because resolutions are just promises bound to break. So instead, ideas. Direction. A compass to take into 2024 and see where it leads.
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Creative Lifestyle
Chasing the Secret of a Good Story
What makes one story sing while another just sits there? And how can you bring that magic to the next thing you write?
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Dorian Gray: A Study In Self-Censorship
An essay examining self-censorship and why Oscar Wilde’s celebrated novel is not the book we thought it was.
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Break the Rules and Write for You
Your longhand writing journal is your anarchist cookbook. Your unfiltered, uncensored voice. So strap on your tartan trousers, spike up your mohawk and write.
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What Makes a Story a Story?
What does it take for a story to be called a story? And how does restricting that definition affect the art we create?
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Moving Past Impostor Syndrome
The secret no one talks about is that nobody knows what they’re doing, and we’re all just making it up as we go along.
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Dead Dove Don’t Eat: Content Warnings In Fiction
Content warnings are commonplace in many storytelling mediums, but do they have a place in modern fiction?
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You Are What You Say You Are
How a subtle change in attitude can affect more than just how you talk to strangers at parties.
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Showing Up Is More Important Than Making Magic
Writing advice is easy to find but hard to follow. You’ve been told before that writing every day is key, but this time you’re actually going to do it.
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Silencing Self-Doubt: Advice For Climbing Mountains
When you’re stuck in a creative rut and threatened by self-doubt, stop worrying about the big picture, the mountains left to climb, and focus on the small steps.
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