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Free writing is a popular technique that can help you brainstorm, break through writer’s block, exercise your writing muscles, and get in the zone for less free-form work. By writing for a set period without concern for spelling, grammar, structure, or even subject, you can strip away the doubts and niggles that hold your writing back, and adopting this technique could even help you finish your …
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There are many obstacles in the path of a dedicated author. Writer’s block is the most famous – that seemingly unbreakable stasis in which some authors find themselves unable to pen a single constructive word – but it’s not the only one. Another, perhaps more common, is being able to write but simply not knowing what happens next. Not knowing what happens next can strike at any time. You might …
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In every generation of writers, artists, and musicians, there are one or two who go on to reshape the public consciousness through their identities and legacies. I’m thinking, for example, of how Percy Shelley has been the foppish, sensitive face of poetry in the popular imagination for centuries; how, thanks to Vincent van Gogh, all passionate artists are wild-eyed and one-eared; and how, thanks …
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The enneagram is hot right now, and for good reason. The personality assessment tool takes a deep dive into the patterns of behavior, driving needs, and core worldviews underlying nine personality types. Enneagram support tools discuss unhealthy and healthy expressions of each personality type, growth trajectories, and how the nine different types interact with one another. Whether you think …
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For most writers, professional writing is the goal. They may not want it to be their main source of income, they may only plan to write one or two things, but they still want the quality of their work to rival that of professional authors. There are a number of ways to do this, but there’s one glaring absence that makes it harder – most amateur writers don’t have a boss. Now, if you have a boss …
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In high school, our teachers had us conduct a torturous procedure they called ‘critical’ or ‘active’ reading. We had to summarize the plot on each page, highlight literary devices, and make our own observational notes until the books were no longer recognizable. Back when we just thought of ourselves as ‘readers’, it could seem like a pointless, hateful slog. Of course, now that we’re …
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