Gabriele Lusser Rico says, “Writing is inherently a much more natural process if we learn to flow with, rather than fight, the natural cooperative rhythms of the hemispheres of our…
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His love for golf led Jim to want to improve his game, but how? Frustrated, he bought a series of videos that claimed to be just what he needed. He…
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“A great story requires conflict,” the Sunday school teacher said at the end of class. “Think about that this week. Come back next Sunday and tell me why.” Janelle reviewed…
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In her first year of dedicated writing, Candice wrote whatever came to mind, thinking that was good enough. Her friends said they loved her work, but Candice wasn’t satisfied. She…
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With pride, Christine clipped coupons from the newspaper before she went shopping. She checked for the best prices online. She would never be caught paying too much for anything. When…
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Back when the English language had a limited vocabulary, Shakespeare is thought to have created thousands of words. After Robert Heinlein created grok as a Martian word in his novel…
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Tom already had two pressing deadlines. The odds weren’t good for finishing them before he was sent a book manuscript to edit. He felt like a sailboat moving into a…
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An exquisite novel isn’t the only masterpiece that takes countless hours to build. In 2011 a Japanese advertising agency wanted a giant wooden xylophone built in the Kyushu forest to…
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Do you consider yourself a fast or slow thinker? Actually, unless we’ve suffered a brain injury, everybody’s mental processing rate is about the same. Conscious reasoning takes place at forty…
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Suzanne had to decide what perspective she would use in telling her story. She could be the reporter, exercising a God-like position by telling what happened. She began to write:…
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