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Video/Audio
5 years ago+11 11 0Podcast: 'The Writer's Brain' on Productivity vs. Creativity: Part One
Welcome back to another special edition of The Writer Files called “The Writer’s Brain,” a guest series with neuroscientist Michael Grybko, and in this episode we’ll dig into the inextricable link between productivity and creativity, and the Catch-22 ...
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Expression
5 years ago+13 13 0A Major American Magazine Wants Me to Work For Free
A Hard Earned Lesson: Be Certain to Understand Your Compensation Package Upfront Before You audition
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Current Event
5 years ago+8 8 0Popular Vietnamese activist and blogger Mother Mushroom released from prison
The Vietnamese dissident blogger, commonly known as Mother Mushroom, has been released from prison and is being sent to the US.
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Review
5 years ago+3 3 0My First Year of Blogging: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A behind-the-scenes look into Jenny's first year of blogging, including traffic strategies that worked (and some that didn't).
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Expression
5 years ago+16 16 0 x 1How to Give and Receive Constructive Criticism
Giving and receiving feedback is an important part of being a writer---or any kind of artist, really. But that doesn’t mean it’s always fun.
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Video/Audio
5 years ago+13 13 0Podcast: From 180 to 16,000 Subscribers in 4 Months: How Anthony Moore Makes a Living Online
Anthony Moore (Stuff Grads Like, Medium) is one of the TOP writers on Medium these days. After a career in career-counseling (meta!), Anthony and his wife opted to switch gears, ditching the full-time jobs and traveling the world (and oh yeah, blogg ...
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Expression
5 years ago+6 6 0How to Make People Care About Your Content: Find the Right Angle
In 2004, psychologist and neuroscientist Ullrich Ecker ran a study on article headlines. Participants were asked to read either a fact- or opinion-based article and answer various questions about its content. Half of the participants received a vers ...
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How-to
5 years ago+4 4 0Podcast: How to Be Unique in a World Full of Redundant Content
Today's podcast and blog post features new blogger Bella from Mommy Has a Little Time. We chatted about a few issues that plague new and experienced bloggers alike, including this huge question of 'HOW do I produce unique and interesting co ...
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Expression
5 years ago+8 8 0Stop Being Afraid to Stand Out
Why is standing out so dang hard to do? Because we're afraid.
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Expression
5 years ago+14 14 0Podcast: Deadlines - Are they Good or Bad for Your Blogging?
Are you the kind of blogger who works best under pressure? Or does an approaching deadline bring on a state of panic that kills your creativity? Deadlines can be useful (some people would never have finished high school without them), but you need th ...
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Video/Audio
5 years ago+10 10 0Podcast: You Need to Stop Getting Bogged Down in Blogging Details
Abby Lawson is a blogger and teacher extraordinaire at Just a Girl and Her Blog. In the podcast and blog post below, we dive into the art of balancing PASSIONATE writing/content with OPTIMIZED content (for marketing, SEO, Pinterest, etc)
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Current Event
5 years ago+5 5 0Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publisher partners
"Could we have a better metaphor for the way Silicon Valley considers local journalism?” fumed the owner of one of these remaining publications.
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Expression
6 years ago+5 5 0Why Beauty Hack Guru Huda Kattan Turned Down a $185,000 Instagram Sponsored Post Deal
The makeup artist grew her audience by helping people overcome their beauty issues.
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Current Event
6 years ago+20 20 0Dead Texas bombing suspect identified as local man, 23
An unemployed 23-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others before blowing himself up on the side of a highway was identified by local media on Wednesday. The suspect was identifie ...
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Video/Audio
6 years ago+6 6 0Podcast: Why all bloggers should be on Medium - Thomas Kuegler
Today’s post and podcast interview is potentially a game-changer for many of you. Thomas Kuegler is a Medium master who stops by to dive into the potentially HUGE benefits of publishing original content on Medium, as well as simply re-publishing your ...
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Analysis
6 years ago+1 1 0Team USA skiers use VR to train for 2018 Winter Olympics
The Olympic organization U.S. Ski & Snowboard is working with California-based STRIVR to leverage virtual reality for training athletes.
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Current Event
6 years ago+1 1 0Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor sentenced to 175 years for sexual abuse
The disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony in a Michigan courtroom from about 160 of his victims, ...
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Current Event
6 years ago+8 8 04 Children Killed as School Bus and Train Collide in France
Seven others are critically injured.
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Expression
6 years ago+18 18 0The Delicate Art of Clickbait
We writers all want readers. We need them; they are the fuel to our fires, the bitters to our bubbles. We all pine for attention, we want the world to look our way, amazed and amused. As tiny fish swimming in the big wide web, it’s easy to get lost i ...
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How-to
6 years ago+8 8 0How To Write Longer Content Like A Pro
Writing short, sparse posts can only get you so far. Studies suggest that writing longer articles could be the key to content marketing success.