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How To Create Characters Using The Enneagram - A character leaps from a complex 2D shape.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

How To Create Characters Using The Enneagram

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

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Improve Your Writing With An End-Of-Year Review - An author assesses their own portrait.
Writing
Robert Wood

Improve Your Writing With An End-Of-Year Review

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

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10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading - A writer holds a book sideways, confused.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading

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

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How To Make The Most Of Your Research Trip - An author sets off on a trip, maps and notes spilling from two suitcases.
Writing
Paige Duke

How To Make The Most Of Your Research Trip

Many travelers tramp through Europe like they’re visiting the cultural zoo. “Ooh, that guy in lederhosen yodeled! Excuse me, could you do that again in the sunshine so I can get a good picture?” It’s important to stow your camera, roll up your sleeves, and enjoy the real thing. – Rick Steves, ‘Becoming a Temporary

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