“The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.”
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Show more...In Others’ Words
...Favorite works from other writers
- This Little Girl Has Her Walters Crossed
(Letters of Note | LettersOfNote.com)
- You're Not Creative -- Deal With It
(Jim Mitchem | ObsessedWithConformity.com)
- The Crickets
(E.B. White | Charlotte's Web)
- I Am The Richest Man in the World
(Nate St. Pierre | ThisIsNate.tumblr.com)
- I spent 29 years in solitary confinement
(Robert King | The Guardian)
In Others' Words
Favorite works (and excerpts) from other writers
- The Crickets
(E.B. White | Charlotte's Web)One of my favorite passages by one of my favorite authors (E.B. White) from one of his most classic works (Charlotte's Web). A must-read, in my opinion.
- How to Tell a Great Story
(Jan O'Daniel | JanODaniel.com)Storytelling is an art we all, as writers, need to master, whether we're writing fiction, crafting a blog entry, or drafting ad copy for the corporate world.
- I Am The Richest Man in the World
(Nate St. Pierre | ThisIsNate.tumblr.com)How a guy with $27.67 to his name considers himself the richest man in the world. After reading this, you might, too.
- I spent 29 years in solitary confinement
(Robert King | The Guardian)A gripping, first-person account by Robert King, detailing his 29 years in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola prison, for a crime he didn't commit.
- If You've Got Social Media Fatigue...
(Sarah Lacy | TechCrunch)A call to return to the basics of social media... to converse, collaborate, and connect.
- The Roads Not Taken
(Tamsen McMahon | Personal Cartography)What if, at each decision point in your life, some other version of yourself took the road not taken? What if there were thousands -- millions -- of other paths with other versions of You walking them?
- Sober
(Jim Mitchem | ObsessedWithConformity.com)Jim Mitchem reflects on 19 years of sobriety and the lessons he has learned. From ObsessedWithConformity.com.
- This Little Girl Has Her Walters Crossed
(Letters of Note | LettersOfNote.com)An endearing series of correspondence between a little girl, Walt Disney, and Walter Lantz.
- You're Not Creative -- Deal With It
(Jim Mitchem | ObsessedWithConformity.com)Jim Mitchem argues that humans are, by nature, not creative. Rather, we are innovators -- taking ideas that already exist and reforming them into something new.
