Post Overview
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Analysis
6 years ago+19 19 0The Opioid that Made a Fortune for Its Maker — and for Its Prescribers
Insys Therapeutics paid millions of dollars to doctors. The company called it a “speaker program,” but prosecutors now call it something else: a kickback scheme.
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Expression
6 years ago+2 2 0The Secret To Writing Well
‘What does it take to achieve true writing greatness?’ It’s a question all beginning writers struggle with. It’s why I started this daily writing exercise. At the very least, I figured, I would end up with some clues. And I think I did.
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Current Event
6 years ago+16 16 0Turkey marks one year without Wikipedia
Authorities said the ban was instituted when Wikipedia declined to take down content alleging that Turkey had provided support for terrorist groups. Since the ban, all language versions of the site have been inaccessible to Turkish IP addresses. A sc ...
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Expression
7 years ago+14 14 0I Stopped Writing because I was Trying to be Perfect
I stopped writing for a long time because I focused on perfection. Instead of filling an empty page with content. I filled it with my frustration. I had already written a novel. So far my first and only book. Every time I tried to write something el ...
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Expression
7 years ago+17 17 0Fake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram
The long read: Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling? By Symeon Brown
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Expression
7 years ago+10 10 0Why we write about writing
Since I’ve started out, I’ve discovered a ridiculous number of writers — big and small. It’s cool to see what’s popular in the written world, and through all sorts of publication I’ve managed to keep on top of the latest content trends. It’s also gre ...
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Expression
7 years ago+10 10 0How I Learned to Handle Criticism
This is what I have learned on how to handle criticism on my articles.
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Expression
7 years ago+8 8 029 Things About Creating Content It Took Me 29 Years To Learn
am a content creator before I am anything else. I do video, I do blogs (obviously), I make music, I record podcasts, I write scripts. Content drives me. I apply it to tech and to startups, for the most part, because I love that world. But I’m drive ...
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Expression
7 years ago+22 23 1Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future
Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date is because systems built on trust, norms, and institutions inherently function better than the type of no-need-for-trusted-parties syste ...
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Expression
7 years ago+12 12 0The Surprising (and Simple) Explanation When You Hate Your Own Writing
It’s not your writing — it’s you.
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How-to
7 years ago+11 11 0How to Cultivate a Colossal Readership
And why your readers are an integral part of the writer’s process.
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Expression
7 years ago+2 2 0I Got 1,000+ Followers in my First 3 Months on Medium.
Here are 30 Lessons I’ve Learned.
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Expression
7 years ago+5 5 0The Myth of the Perfect Blog Post — Busted!
Five keys to creating content readers will read, share, and remember.
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Expression
7 years ago+10 10 0How to Skyrocket Your Audience When You Don’t Have One
There are always times that you spend hours on an article and when you finally release it to the public, you get crickets. No one is reading your work and this can be extremely discouraging when you’ve been working so hard to be a writer.
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Expression
7 years ago+8 8 0Use this Strategy to Craft Captivating Blog Post Introductions
When I was a little kid, I fell in love with a book and read it so many times that I nearly memorized the first page. Here’s the book’s opening line: "Where’s Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table ...
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Expression
7 years ago+10 10 0What to do when writing becomes more of a chore than a charm
or relatively new writers like myself, the excitement and enthusiasm for writing can quickly change from ecstasy and intense delight to pure drab nonsense. At a point, you may begin to ask yourself, “is this even worth it?” or, “why am I fooling mys ...
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Expression
7 years ago+42 42 0 x 1Teachers can’t afford Miami rents. The county has a plan: Let them live at school.
Miami-Dade’s school system and housing department have a plan to build low-rent apartments at Phillis Wheatley Elementary and at an expansion school at Southside Elementary in Miami. The rents would be targeted at teachers caught in a pricey real est ...
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Expression
7 years ago+3 3 0Being a Writer
Calling yourself a writer and being a writer are two different modes of thought. And the latter is certainly more difficult to do, though at times, both can seem equally frustrating. People who do not write will not understand you when you tell them ...
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Expression
7 years ago+8 8 0How to write for online readers: from finding an idea to making your article readable
There’s a good reason why 53% of marketers in the USA say that blogging is going to be their top content marketing priority in 2018.
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Expression
7 years ago+3 3 0Explore v. Exploit: How to Find the Perfect Content Marketing Formula
The explore/exploit idea is especially relevant in content marketing. As we’ve written before, the thing that makes a blog great is usually the thing that makes it hard to replicate. Creating a formula that attracts readers requires a lot of explorin ...