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Creativity

Of muses and mistakes.

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Stephen Tobolowsky: Write Your Own Story Because We’re All Living On Borrowed Time

Ep. 291 on The James Altucher Show

Dec 19

How to Turn Your Work into Success

Especially if it seems like a failure for a long time

Michał Stawicki

Dec 19

Daily habits that helped me reach three goals this year

Last year was the first year I got serious about setting goals, and reaching them. I was reading a lot of Medium articles, and the…

Dec 18

Electric Literature’s 15 Best Short Story Collections of 2017

We polled staff and contributors to pick our favorite short fiction of the year

Electric Literature

Dec 19

I’ve Written Over 300K Words In The Last 2 Years — Here’s What I’ve Learned

My blog has helped turn me into the bad ass human and entrepreneur I am today. Here are my favorite moments and the best takeaways that…

Dec 18

Amy Morin: The Easiest Side Hustle You Can Start Right Now

Episode 289 on The James Altucher Show

Dec 18

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Prove everyone wrong

My ex-fiance used to laugh at my dreams. He called me “cute” whenever I sat down to write. This one time, I declined an invitation to sex…

Jessica Wildfire

Dec 16

He Would Find His Tribe

When my 14-year-old son started high school this year, he was nervous. He only knew a handful of kids and had no idea what to expect. I…

Siobhan Kukolic

Dec 18

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Can you be a great writer without a tortured past?

I always thought that to be an amazing writer you had to have a traumatic past.

Dec 18

Independent Animation in Los Angeles

Making an ambitious animated film on your own is really hard. The stereotypes of animators working long, thankless hours alone in a room…

Dec 14

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The End.

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.” — Henry Ford

Dec 18

How I used cascading motivation to publish a bestseller

Small actions add up to big wins

Dec 18

Big Changes Afoot at Okey-Panky

The editor is stepping down, but the magazine’s delightfully weird content will live on at Electric Literature

Electric Literature

Dec 18

How to Kill Creativity

Yesterday I received a disturbing email… A young person from South Korea sent me an urgent request. Her teacher had marked her wrong on a…

Dec 17

Putting More “Oomph” in Your Articles

Do you want others to pay attention to what you say? Whether we are writing an article or speaking to a friend, our words matter. It is…

Dec 15

Bringing your blog along the journey with you

When you have a personal blog (such as this one), your blog comes along with you wherever you go (especially when you publish daily).

Dec 16

Want Your Medium Stories To Be A Success?

THIS IS HOW.

Dec 16

Write more letters

I know exactly what you need (drumroll, please)… You need A NEW GOAL FOR 2018!

Dec 15

Asking For Help On The Internet

On the link at the bottom of my essays, and taking the shame out of needing support.

Dominique Matti

Dec 15

How Non-Chronological Writing Can Create Character Empathy

Have you read a book that jumped around chronologically, but was so well done that you read it in one sitting? Think The Time Traveler’s…

Dec 14

Could You Please Just Stop Doing This to Your Fellow Writers

Don’t steal, don’t cheat, do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

Dec 15