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Creativity

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Why creating sucks

You ever heard of Rollo May? He was better known in the 20th century, when he was alive and also working as a psychotherapist. He wrote quite a few books at the intersection of modern psychology -- clinical psych dealing with actual people and problems, not goof-off lab experiments --

Charismatic hermit gives tips on social skills

I've gotten too friendly over the last few years. Don't mistake me, my quiet underground bunker in New Zealand is still my place of power. But somewhere along the way, I picked up a way of being charismatic entirely by accident. I don't even notice I do it. I'm sure

The most un-selfish skill set

There's one skill that I value above all others: The power to detach myself from my beliefs. How many souls can you think of in your own life who dig into their beliefs like a dragon hoarding treasure? Most of them, if your honest. That includes you and me, too.

Giant sandworm wrecks nerd religion

I finished reading Frank Herbert's God Emperor of Dune the other night. If you aren't familiar with the Dune books, this is the fourth in the series. Very different from the tight trilogy of the earlier series. This book gets out-there. It's more of a Big Ideas book. Lots of

Seinfeld's tips on writing

The other week I picked up a copy of Jerry Seinfeld's book called Is This Anything? I'm thinking it's a biography. It's not a biography. I crack it open and what do I find but hundreds of pages of written jokes, going all the way back to the 1970s. That's

Putting the product on a pedestal

Get past your "oneitis" for that perfect article, story, book, or course.

Character creation lessons from a medieval religious thinker

You don't understand much about people if you haven't spent any time wondering about people.

The little-known untapped power of casual criticism

A hard-won lesson from academia

Addicted to writer-porn

It's a billion-dollar distraction cult full of bitter people

Create and curate a rock-solid shock-proof head-game

How to control your head space

Marauding marketers make a mess of a serious pulp fiction artist by selling lots of books

Marauding marketers make a mess of a serious pulp fiction artist by selling lots of books

The old myth of the struggling romantic artist who can't compete with the carnival-barkers just won't die... we won't let it

How to think about ideas?

How to think about ideas?

That's far too ambitious a title for what you're about to read

Are you blind to the systems around you?

Are you blind to the systems around you?

Don't think you're exempt from systems thinking just cause you're a writer or artist or creative

Creative writers don't look backwards

Creative writers don't look backwards

Writing to the market's demands can work, for awhile. But you won't build a career unless you do this...

Are you playing these finite games without realizing it?

Are you playing these finite games without realizing it?

The hidden dynamics of your life and business in James Carse's book on games

Why worldbuilders need to grow up

Why worldbuilders need to grow up

Sub-created worlds are vital to speculative stories, but nerds ruin storytelling with obsessive worldbuilding

When they caught the worldbuilder disease

When they caught the worldbuilder disease

How nerdish obsessions ruined storytelling

Are you protecting yourself from mental contagion?

Are you protecting yourself from mental contagion?

Who you hang around with can make or break your goals

Why a "ticking clock" is the best productivity tool you'll ever use

Why a "ticking clock" is the best productivity tool you'll ever use

How these simple techniques used by all the top writers can help you create more works, faster

How fast do you create a story?

How fast do you create a story?

The gatekeepers aren't looking out for the writers.