Use of Steps, stage and broken dishes describes all the meaning and thought behind it.

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Scott Adams

You write something. Then you hear the worst sound ever.

Twitch, the leading live streaming platform where people play games, make crafts, and showcase their day-to-day lives, attracts over two million broadcasters every month. The number grows each year, thanks in part to how easy it has become to live stream, and platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube also increasingly encourage people to share and watch live stories.

3 writing hacks that bad bloggers just don’t know about.

In an era of illiterate racist YouTube comments, to worry about semicolons seeming overly sophisticated would be splitting a hair that no longer exists.

When I decided to write about how to drive traffic to a blog, my first thought was to create a massive list of blog promotion tactics. Honestly, that would probably generate more interest, social shares and backlinks than this post. So why aren’t I doing that? Because it wouldn’t be as helpful to you.

Junko Nukaga began her journey into the world of WordPress in 2011, just after her hometown in Fukushima prefecture was hit by the 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Pinterest is trying to further tap its popularity as a place to plan events, this time adding ways for users to collaborate across boards that are baked directly into the app. Group boards will have their own designated feed, where users will be able to communicate with others collaborating on that board and also get updates on new member additions or added pins. There are also the other typical social structures you’d expect on an app these days, including @-mentions or liking comments.

Never surrender.

Why do we want our work to be perfect? How is this quest for perfection working out for us? Why do we expect our work to be good, particularly if we are new to our craft? Perfection can stop you creating, make you throw your work in the trash and tells you that you will never be good enough.

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

Was writing invented for accounting and administration or did it evolve from religious movements, sorcery and dreams?

I first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and long before irony stretched its legs and unbuttoned its flannel shirt. Back when you could really say you were surfing the net. And the first thing I did when I logged on line, every single time, for years was to load up Netscape’s What’s Cool.

So you've been convinced your blog needs a newsletter. And you now know what you're going to put in it. But how often should you send out your newsletter? Here's everything you need to know to work out the newsletter frequency that's best for you and your readers.

Most of us are waiting for our Big Break. And that’s the worst way to succeed. Let’s look at one of history’s most successful artists to see why — and what we should do instead.

Throughout my life, I was a shy guy. In my early twenties, I acted like a cool guy to hide my shyness. I didn't speak much and didn't get involved a lot. I didn't want people to see that I was nervous in social situations.

No one disagrees that you need “good content” to grow a blog, but there’s plenty of disagreement on what “good content” actually means. Let’s start here: Good writing is simply not enough. There’s a clear correlation between strong writing and successful blogs, but there are plenty of counter-examples too. A threshold exists where writing is good enough, assuming you can nail a few other elements.

One that requires a good night's sleep.

8 reasons why no one reads your articles and what you can do about it.

It’s really difficult to gain traction in organic search, which is why it’s painfully frustrating to watch it slip away.

YouTube creators are gaining a number of new tools to generate revenue from their videos outside of traditional advertising, as well as those that will help them better engage their fans, according to news the video streaming site announced today at the VidCon conference in Anaheim, California.

A cartoon guide.

It’s tempting to think of the artists you admire as being 100% confident magical superhumans, but in reality they have the same struggles & anxieties, and just happen to be further along in honing their craft.

— and What Happens to the Ones Who Listen.

Writing is a solitary experience. We have an idea, we flesh it out in our minds, then we sit behind our computers or with pen to paper and pull the visions from our imaginations, painting pictures with our words. But this doesn’t mean we have to go it alone.

Repetition is an inevitable part of creation.

Instagram is ready to compete head on with YouTube. Today at a flashy event in San Francisco, the company is announcing it will begin allowing users to upload videos up to 1 hour in length, up from the previous 1 minute limit.

I give up when the work I make sucks. When I hate it.

Like many other influencers, Lil Miquela Miquela posts photos of herself wearing high-end designer clothing with cleverly crafted captions. But there's one major thing that's different about her.

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 version with a headline designed to slant their perception one way, and the other half received a version with a headline designed to slant it the other way. People’s perceptions of the subjects they were reading about were biased by the slant of the headline they were given—but that wasn’t the surprising part of the study.