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LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: A Good Book

WRITING Three tricks for character names| WRITE ON SISTERS Finding unusual names that fit a character perfectly is never easy, but these three tricks have helped me uncover some fantastic names. Names that work with my story and not against it, and I think they can help other writers. Related content: The character naming sourcebook […]

5 Powerful Productivity Choices That Will Have A Significant Impact In your Life

Do you manage to accomplish the most important tasks at the end of the day? If not, wish to manage your time better? Don’t waste your precious time. Reclaim your life. THE PARADOX OF PRODUCTIVITY Nowadays technology allows us to accomplish great things; but at the same time, we can feel easily overwhelmed by […]

That Magic Day When You Start Not Giving A F*ck

You are surrounded by toxic people who drags you down. You are doing things you don’t want to do but you feel you should do in order to please others. You don’t do things because you worry what other people will think. Sounds familiar? We’ve all been there. Till that magic day when you start […]

LinkFest ~ Best Reads on Writing, Screenwriting & Self-Publishing: Writing Is Hard

WRITING Most Common Writing Mistakes Pt. 53: No Contractions in Dialogue| HELPING WRITERS BECOME AUTHORS Today, let’s examine why contractions in dialogue should absolutely find a place within your writing—along with a few exceptions, in which it is actually best to avoid them. Related content: The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need How tostay organized […]

3 Keys to Build Genuine Self-Confidence

What is confidence? An art and a choice Neurologists say that confidence is rooted in our DNA, and psychologists that it’s a product of the choices we make. How critical is it to our well-being and success? Katty Kay, coauthor of The Confidence Code, interviewed many scientists and neurologists to find it out. In her […]

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7 Reasons you need story theory| HELPING WRITERS BECOME AUTHORS

Jus[image error]t as in fiction itself, the writer’s life is marked by several major turning points–perhaps the most important of which is discovering story theory.

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‘Don’t use adverbs. Only ever use descriptive verbs.’ This is a writing ‘rule’often repeated, partlythanks to Stephen King’s strong views on the subject. It’s true that beg...

The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less

It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.

Greg McKeown is the author of the New York times Best Seller Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. He is a business writer, consultant, and researcher specializing in leadership, strategy design, collective intelligence and human systems.

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Your Journey Is To Know Yourself

If the Buddha Datedshows you what it would be like to have the ancient wisdom of the Buddha to guide you through the dating process.

Your journey is to know yourself

You are unique in all the world.Your journey is to know yourself.

To be loyal to your journey is to care for yourself and remember that at your center, you are luminous essence capable of compassion and love.

According to Stephen Wolinsky in The Tao of Chaos, we all start life as an essential being—completely spontaneous and fr...

What’s Inspiration?

James Victore is an American art director, designer, and author. In 2010 Victore’s monograph Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?was published by Abrams Books. In 2010 and 2012 Victore’s work exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art.

What’s Inspiration?

1. WORK.

I use the analogy of sports and exercise. If you gonna get strong, it takes pushups. How many pushups? Not five. Twenty? Thirty? A Hundred? It’s how strong you want to get. You gotta do the work.

For me, I realized that the writing i...