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The Definitive Guide to Finding YOUR Laptop (+ My Laptop Story) “To join in the industrial revolution, you needed to open a factory; in the Internet revolution, you need to open a laptop.” — Alexis Ohanian The time has come for you to find a new laptop. You’re excited, but also a bit apprehensive. After all, your laptop …
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Every year, around this time, I make a list of things I’m thankful for in the past year. This year, one prominent theme is learning — the opportunity and resources to learn many things and use them in life. There’s not much more to say about this list, except: these items are in no particular order and …
During World War II, a skinny, unassuming young man from Virginia single-handedly rescued over 75 wounded comrades from a 300-foot escarpment under furious enemy fire, with nothing but a knotted rope. He was the real Spiderman. His name was Desmond Doss. In 2016, Desmond Doss was portrayed by Andrew Garfield in the critically acclaimed biographical …
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You want to be a skilled, productive writer, but you’re tired. Exhausted. Bone-weary. You’ve got bills to pay, errands to run, demanding people to wrangle, a mind that’s about to give out on you, and a million other tasks clamoring for your attention. You’re tired of hearing writing teachers, fellow writers (including yours truly), and …
Want to be a Productive Writer? Do NOT Write Every Day Read More »
It’s your worst nightmare: You’ve just poured your heart and soul into your latest story/article, hit “publish” with bated breath, and waited for the comments to start rolling in. This latest piece cost you a lot, too. Every word felt like self-immolation, like you were digging out a soft, squishy, vulnerable piece of your heart …
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There are many types of writing in the world: Article writing, novel writing, copywriting, ghostwriting, songwriting, poetry writing, playwriting, handwriting, typewriting, skywriting, love-letter-writing, rewriting…and so on and so forth, ad infinitum. All of these kinds of writing can be (and are!) very, very different from one another. And each kind of writing requires its own …
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“Writing is easy, you just open a vein and bleed” — Red Smith So you want to be a writer. And not just any ole’ writer, you want to be a STORY writer. A novelist, a wizard of words, a spinner of tales who delights readers with your imagination and wows audiences with your mind. Only …
I first heard about the Story A Day Challenge in May 2018, when I was struggling with poor health, poor finances, and concern over a family member who’d been hospitalized for a mysterious illness. The idea was simple: get a prompt a day, and write a story a day. And with 31 days in May, …
13 Life Lessons You’ll Learn Writing 31 Stories in 31 Days Read More »
Have you ever tried to do something badly— on purpose? Course not! You say. No one tries to do things badly on purpose…or do they? Actually, they do: Navajo weavers deliberately weave imperfections (called ch’ihonit’i) into their rugs. Japanese artists have been including “wabi sabi” (deliberate imperfections such as nicks or asymmetry) into their art since the …
Have you ever experienced a serious setback? A death in the family or a chronic and debilitating illness, for instance? When Jon Morrow was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the tender age of one, his mother was told that he would slowly lose mobility until he died without ever leaving childhood. Decades later, the boy …