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The Room Where It Happens
In the musical āHamilton,ā Aaron Burr sings a number called āThe Room Where It Happens.ā He is upset that his rival, Hamilton, has been invited into the inner circle of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson to help make...
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Danielle Cook: The Power of Owning Your Story
As writers, we spend a lot of time focusing on helping other people tell their stories. Maybe you do client work, coaching, run a writing community as I do, or interview others for a podcast, as I do as well. Even if...
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The Power of a Handwritten Note
There are few things in life as powerful as a handwritten note sent through the mail. Why? Because we all want to feel noticed. We want to feel special. We love the feeling that someone took the time to hand-write a...
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5 Ways to Support Other Writers
One of the most critical truths of living in the modern world is that we are all connected. As the poet John Donne wrote, āNo man is an island.ā (And neither is any woman, of course.) And because you are the type of...
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An Easy Way to Reduce Friction
All of us deal with a certain amount of friction as writers. Even under the best of circumstances, there are obstacles and problems that threaten our productivity and success. When you are under a deadline or...
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How Writing Actually Gets Done
One of the reasons that writing feels so hard to many people is because their expectation doesnāt match the reality of how a clean draft actually gets written. Many people have an ideal of sitting down at a computer...
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It Canāt Be Doneā¦ or Can It?
If someone gave you the assignment to write a sentence without the letter E, how would you respond? Would you think itās too difficult, or that it canāt be done? What about a whole paragraph, a scene, or even a whole...
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The Middle 50%
Have you ever thought about why do so many writing projects get started, but never get finished? Lots of people want to write a book, start a podcast, create a blog, or build a writing business. But why do so many...
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Jennifer Zahourek: How to Create Custom Print Books
We all know that Amazon and other print-on-demand companies give authors an amazing opportunity to get our books out into the world without having to stock and ship our own books. But you may not have known about the...
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Your Book Cover Keeps the Vision Clear
One of my very best friends is a guy named Eric Elder. He is a musician, author, and creative genius who runs TheRanch.org. A few years ago, we were on a call and he showed me how he stays motivated to finish the...
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One Block at a Time
Some 4,500 years ago, tens of thousands of Egyptian workers descended upon the Giza Plateau to begin a massive construction project like the world had never seen. Over a period of twenty years, workers placed 2.3...
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Slow & Steady Wins the Race
One of Aesopās best-known fables isĀ āThe Tortoise and the Hare.ā Youāve probably heard the story before. The hare challenges the tortoise to a race, confident he will win by a long shot. The race begins and the hare...
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