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Director Tricia Brouk on Using Your Influential Voice to Create a Lasting Legacy
When we consider the impact of our writing, there are many elements we pay attention to. We spend a lot of time thinking about our audience, our content, our strategy for reaching readers, our habits, our tools and...
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Don't Throw Any of Yourself Away
If you spend any time among a group of novelists, you will pretty quickly hear two terms: pantsers and plotters. Pantsers are the ones who prefer to write by the “seat of their pants.” They love to develop a great...
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The Curse of Johnny Carson
Most young people only have a vague idea of who Johnny Carson is if they have even heard of him at all. But for anyone 40 and older, you probably remember him as the host of The Tonight Show. From 1962-1992, Johnny...
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"Marketing" Just Means Being Considerate
If you talk to most writers, there is one thing they almost all universally hate: marketing. Most writers dislike the thought of promoting themselves or going through all the technical hoops they think they need in...
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A New Superhero: Iron Writer
If you recall your middle school history class, there were three distinct periods in ancient history, each one defined by the material they used to make weapons. The Stone Age came first. These weapons of stone were...
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Creativity is More Than a Feeling
In September 1976, the American rock band Boston released their single called “More Than a Feeling.” The song tells the story of a young man who is listening to the radio, and a song comes on that reminds him of a...
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Short Story: "All the Way Down"
If you've been listening to my podcast or reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I encourage you to do things that are scary. I've been getting into short story writing recently, and I recently dug this...
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How to Grow Your Audience with an Email Newsletter (with Jared Odle)
When you think of ways to connect with your audience and add value to them, what comes to mind? What usually focus on the more flashy forms of marketing such as social media, Amazon algorithms or Facebook ads. But...
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Where Your Power Comes From
In a world of equality and opportunity, we usually talk about power as if it’s a bad thing. But power is like time, money, or any other resource. It can be used for good or for bad. Writers don’t think about what we...
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Put One Word After Another
One of the tropes that seems to follow creative types around is the myth of the “tortured artist.” The myth goes something like this: creative work is very, very difficult, and it requires the artist to give their...
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This Isn't for Thin-Skinned Writers
Do you remember what it feels like to be criticized for your writing? Different memories come flooding back for different people. Maybe it was in junior high, when a teacher pointed out all your mistakes. Maybe it was...
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Here's to the Crazy Ones
If you were to make a list of the most creative people from the last hundred years, Steve Jobs would be close to the top of the list. As the co-founder of Apple, he was in large part responsible for many of the...
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