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Bestselling Author David Epstein On How To Develop Range, The Perils Of...

Who: David Epstein Claim To Fame: David Epstein is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, and of the New York Times bestseller The Sports...

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Award-Winning Creator of Comics and Graphic Novels Matt Kindt On His Creative...

Who: Matt Kindt Claim To Fame: Matt Kindt is the New York Times Best-Selling writer and artist of the comics and graphic novels Dept. H, Mind MGMT, Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and...

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15 Exercises To Inspire Your Writing

A blank page is also a door — it contains infinity, like a night sky with a supermoon really close to the Earth, with all the stars and the galaxies, where you can see very, very clearly… You know how...

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Author and Journalist KJ Dell’Antonia on Juggling Creative Projects,...

Who: KJ Dell’Antonia Claim To Fame: KJ Dell’Antonia is a former New York Times reporter who wrote and edited the Motherlode blog from 2011-2016 and was a contributing editor to the Well Family section...

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Humble The Poet on Writing As Self-Therapy, The Cure For Creative Ruts, and...

Who: Humble The Poet Claim To Fame: Kanwer Singh, known widely as Humble The Poet, is the author of Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths For A Better Life, the originally self-published collection of thoughts...

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How to Write About Yourself

There’s a paradox at the heart of personal writing. In a way, writing about the self should be easy. You’re your own world’s expert, after all. Then again—how well do we really know ourselves?  The...

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Award-Winning Novelist Elif Shafak On Writing in Multiple Languages, The...

Who: Elif Shafak Claim To Fame: Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published...

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How to Write Good Dialogue and Why It Matters

Dialogue. It’s an indispensable part of every story, and one of the most important literary devices in an author’s playbook. When written well, dialogue can help us create convincing characters,...

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Bestselling Author Neil Pasricha On Finding Book Ideas, The Controversial...

Name: Neil Pasricha Claim to Fame: Neil Pasricha is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books which have sold over 1,000,000 copies and spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists including The...

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Peak Performance Expert Brad Stulberg On The Getting Started Block, His...

Who: Brad Stulberg Claim To Fame:  Brad Stulberg is a health care consultant turned writer specializing in the science backed principles of health, wellbeing, and mastery that transcend capabilities...

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Seven Tips to Help You Write Your First Book

Seven Tips to Help You Write Your First Book So you want to write a book.  Some authors will tell you there are formulas you can follow that will make the experience quick and painless. Or that seeing...

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Fighter Pilot Turned Author and Speechwriter Guy Snodgrass On The Art of...

Who: Guy Snodgrass Claim To Fame:  Guy Snodgrass is a former fighter pilot and TOPGUN Instructor turned author and executive speechwriter and communications director. He is the founder and CEO of...

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Author and Podcaster Cathy Heller On Taking The Pressure Off Creating,...

Who: Cathy Heller Claim To Fame: Cathy Heller is the creator and host of Don’t Keep Your Day Job, through which she is growing one of the largest, most engaged audiences in podcasting. Don’t Keep Your...

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Award-Winning Author and Songwriter Jeff Zentner On Writing On His Bus...

Who: Jeff Zentner Claim To Fame: Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Book The Serpent King, Goodbye Days, and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. He has won the William C. Morris...

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Award-Winning Cartoonist and Graphic Novelist Dana Simpson On Backlogging...

Who: Dana Simpson Claim To Fame: Dana Simpson first caught the eyes of devoted comics readers with the internet strip Ozy and Millie. After winning the 2009 Comic Strip Superstar contest, she developed...

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Bestselling Novelist Chuck Wendig On Finding His Voice, Productivity In...

Who: Chuck Wendig Claim To Fame: Chuck Wendig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Star Wars Aftermath trilogy, starting with Journey to The Force Awakens, as well as the...

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Seven Methods to Inspire Your Next Book

Writers will spend hours and hours agonizing over their own stories, but where exactly do those stories come from? The most amazing and complex fictional worlds or tales weren’t written or conceived in...

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Author and Literary Agent Eric Smith on Mining Your Life For Story Ideas,...

Who: Eric Smith Claim To Fame: Eric Smith is a Young Adult author and literary agent with P.S. Literary. He is the author of IndieBound bestseller The Geek’s Guide to Dating, Inked, the adoption-themed...

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Bestselling Author Dr. Michael Greger On Treadmill Desks, Science Writing,...

Who: Michael Greger Claim To Fame: A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally...

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7 Great Gifts for Any Writer

There’s no greater satisfaction than finding the perfect gift for that perfect someone. Unfortunately people are picky these days, and writers are chief among them. Writers know what they like, and...

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10 Great Books To Inspire A Nonfiction Writer

The type of content you mentally imbibe often flows through your writing. Carefully calibrating a steady diet for your brain can be just as important as learning the nuances of writing itself. Whether...

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Internationally Acclaimed Author Ruta Sepetys On “Fire Writing”, Her...

Who: Ruta Sepetys Claim To Fame:Ruta Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Sepetys...

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Award-Winning Author And Poet Amanda Lovelace On Invoking Inspiration, Going...

Who: Amanda Lovelace Claim To Fame: Amanda Lovelace is the author of the celebrated Women Are Some Kind Of Magic series. She is also the two-time winner of the Goodreads choice award for best poetry,...

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Author and Research Scientist Janelle Shane On An Ideal Level of Distraction,...

Who: Janelle Shane Claim To Fame: Janelle Shane is the creator of the AI humor blog, AIweirdness.com, where she looks at the strange side of artificial intelligence. Her writing has been featured in...

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Author and Superstar Podcaster Ryan Hawk On Mentors, Being In A Constant...

Who: Ryan Hawk Claim To Fame: Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker, author, advisor, and the host of The Learning Leader Show, a podcast with millions of listeners in more than 150 countries.  He is the...

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Psychotherapist And Bestselling Author Amy Morin On Self-Imposed Deadlines,...

Who: Amy Morin Claim To Fame: Amy Morin has been dubbed “The self-help guru of the moment” by the Guardian. Forbes called her a “thought leadership star.” And Inc. Magazine named her one of the top 100...

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Author And Entrepreneurial Sage Brad Feld On Working Through Stress, Enjoying...

Who: Brad Feld Claim To Fame: Brad Feld is a writer and speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship. He’s written a number of books as part of the Startup Revolution series...

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Legendary Technologist And Essayist Paul Graham On Walking Into Ideas, The...

Who: Paul Graham Claim To Fame: Paul Graham is a computer scientist, startup investor, and essayist. He is known for his work on the programming language Lisp, for co-founding Viaweb (which eventually...

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Bestselling Author Simon Sinek On How To Decide What To Write About, Why...

Who: Simon Sinek Claim To Fame: Simon Sinek may be best known for popularizing the concept of WHY in his first TED Talk in 2009. It rose to become the third most watched on TED.com, with over 40...

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Bestselling Author Dr. Cate Shanahan On Her 20 Year Morning Ritual, Focusing...

Who: Cate Shanahan Claim To Fame:  Dr. Cate Shanahan is the bestselling author of Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food. A board-certified MD trained in biochemistry, genetics, and...

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Award-Winning Author Sam Weller On The Magic Of Taking Walks, Why Reading Is...

Who: Sam Weller Claim To Fame: Sam Weller is the author of Listen to the Echoes and The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury. His is the co-editor of the Bram Stoker Award winning Shadow Show:...

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Emmy-Nominated And Peabody Award-Winning Comedy Writer Zack Bornstein On...

Who: Zack Bornstein Claim To Fame: Zack Bornstein is an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning, & Writers Guild Award-winning writer, director, producer, and comedian from Saturday Night Live,...

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Verbal Agility, Commonplacing, And How To Think Like Shakespeare: An...

Who: Scott Newstok Claim To Fame: Scott Newstok is professor of English and founding director of the Pearce Shakespeare Endowment at Rhodes College. A parent and an award-winning teacher, he is the...

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Bestselling Author Of The Red Rising Saga Pierce Brown On Enhanced Free...

Who: Pierce Brown Claim To Fame: Pierce Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and Iron Gold. His work has been published in thirty-three languages...

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Bestselling Author Science Mike McHargue On Shaping Your Environment,...

Who: Mike McHargue Claim To Fame: Mike McHargue is a speaker and public educator for the highest profile companies, media, and non-profits in the world. Audiences trust him to use empathy and deep...

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Bestselling Author And New York Times Deputy Editor Matthew Futterman On The...

Who: Matthew Futterman Claim To Fame: Matthew Futterman is Deputy Sports Editor of The New York Times. He has previously worked for The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the...

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Foster The People’s Isom Innis On Balance, The Elusiveness Of Inspiration,...

Who: Isom Innis Claim To Fame: Isom Innis is a multi-instrumentalist, song-writer, producer, and member of the Platinum-selling band Foster The People.  Where To Find Isom: Instagram, Twitter, Spotify...

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Author And Professor Josiah Osgood On The Churchill Standard, Embracing...

Who: Josiah Osgood Claim To Fame: Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University. He is the author of Caesar’s Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire, Claudius Caesar:...

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Bestselling Author Emily Esfahani Smith On Single-Tasking, Shitty First...

Who: Emily Esfahani Smith Claim To Fame: Emily Esfahani Smith is the author of The Power of Meaning, an international bestseller that has been translated into 16 different languages. She is the former...

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Bestselling Author John Zeratsky On Living Distraction-Free, The Workspace...

Who: John Zeratsky Claim To Fame: John Zeratsky is a veteran technology designer, keynote speaker, and the bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time. He has worked with more than 200 of the world’s...

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Novelist And Creative Writing Professor Angie Abdou On Where Ideas Happen,...

Who: Angie Abdou Claim To Fame: Angie Abdou is the author of seven books, including The Bone Cage, which was a finalist for CBC’s Canada Reads 2011 and the 2012 MacEwan Book of the Year. Chatelaine...

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UTA Head of Publishing Byrd Leavell On Publishing Industry Trends, How To...

Who: Byrd Leavell Claim To Fame: Byrd Leavell has been an agent for over fifteen years and has represented authors like Aubrey Marcus, Cat Marnell (How To Murder Your Life: A Memoir), and most...

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Bestselling Author Bonnie Tsui On Writing Before The World Wakes Up,...

Who: Bonnie Tsui Claim To Fame: Bonnie Tsui is the bestselling author of American Chinatown—winner of the 2009-2010 Asian/Pacific​ ​American Award for Literature, as well as a San Francisco Chronicle...

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Economist and Art Historian David Galenson On Old Masters, Young Geniuses,...

Who: David Galenson Claim To Fame: David Galenson is Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago where his teaching and researching revolves around the life cycles of human creativity. He is...

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Writer And Entrepreneur Yancey Strickler On Self-Forgiveness, Seeking...

Who: Yancey Strickler Claim To Fame: Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He is the cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More...

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Award-Winning Writer Olga Khazan On Her Reporting Process, Following...

Who: Olga Khazan Claim To Fame: Olga Khazan is the author of the new book, Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World. She is a staff writer for The Atlantic, covering health, gender,...

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Award-Winning Neuroscientist, Musician, and Author Daniel Levitin On Hoarding...

Who: Daniel Levitin Claim To Fame: Daniel J. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and...

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Bestselling Author Warren Berger On The 1 Hour Rule, The Traps of...

Who: Warren Berger Claim To Fame: Warren Berger is the author of many books including the bestselling A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas and the internationally...

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Bestselling Author Nic Stone On The Two Questions That Generate Story Ideas,...

Who: Nic Stone Claim To Fame: Nic Stone is a bestselling author of young adult fiction and middle grade fiction. Her debut novel Dear Martin was an instant New York Times bestseller, as well as a...

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Author and Journalist Rob Walker on Info Hoarding, Reframing Writer’s Block,...

Who: Rob Walker Claim To Fame: Rob Walker is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He is a senior writer and columnist for Marker, the new business...

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