Susan K. Perry's Blog: Creating in Flow, page 22
September 19, 2013
Write to Satisfy Your Own and Readers' Curiosity
What leads so many professionals to write mysteries and thrillers? Is it the bloody themes or something more "academic"?
September 13, 2013
Using Stories to Explore Our Humanity
Therapists do a lot of it, some better than others. Stephen Grosz uses the essence of his clients' lives to create elegant stories that go beyond the facts.
August 30, 2013
Where's the Best Education, the Smartest Kids?
While U.S. test scores are flat, exciting educational advances are happening in Finland, South Korea, and Poland. Who would've thought?
August 18, 2013
3 New Psychologically Deep Novels
Fiction, even when imperfect, can demonstrate truths about human nature better than a textbook.
August 5, 2013
Silence, Please
"Silence seemed like the only way out, the only cure," writes author/memoirist Beth Kephart. "I began to look for every opportunity I could find to ease down and power out."
August 3, 2013
6 Life-Altering Lessons Learned in College
What lasting lessons were picked up back in those bygone college days? For one, don't take anything that makes you think you can fly. ...
July 28, 2013
Blundering Toward Truth
If you need another reason to eschew perfectionism and embrace failure, read this.
July 13, 2013
A Marriage Manifesto: Beyond Tit-for-Tat
Most of the world’s cultures advocate some form of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You’d think treating your mate according to such a rule would be ideal. Not necessarily. Not if it means you’d be giving what you want for yourself...
July 9, 2013
Nine Fresh Ways NOT to Suffer Creative Block
Artists and writers and those who counsel them have come up with many ways to avoid creative blocks. Here are 9 fresh ones that may be new to you.
June 28, 2013
South Asian Author Loosens Up, Writes Flowingly
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni writes powerfully convincing novels about South Asian women.
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