In just five years, rapper Tupac Shakur produced more than 700 songs. By 35, inventor Thomas Edison had more than 100 patents to his name. In his lifetime, author Isaac Asimov wrote nearly 500 books. Each of these creators was prolific. And each produced some incredibly high-quality work.

On Deadspin, The Awl, and the end of a golden age of cultural criticism

At an anti-library closure protest, local magician and comics legend Alan Moore had some surprising words for those who hope to break into the wide world of published writing.

Behind Hot Ones’ ambitions to be the future of late-night TV

I’m not highly motivated. I don’t have amazing willpower or self-control.

Do them today.

Publishers are still figuring out what works and what doesn't on this latest hot new app.

Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style.

Creators are freaking out over YouTube's new terms of service which state that the company can delete an account if it determines the user is "no longer commercially viable."

Computer-generated writing will never replace the human kind

There’s a copycat crisis in content marketing. Explore the search results for virtually any lucrative keyword, and you’ll find a bunch of articles with lookalike titles, headers and examples. Increasingly, “SEO content” has become a synonym for meandering “ultimate guides” and formulaic “7 ways” listicles

Believe it or not, blogging is all about adding value to other people’s lives, and in this post I am going to explain how powerful this model truly is.

Having a dream is a great place to start.

And how I have developed mine

Careful is the enemy of extraordinary.

Start thinking like an artist

You can be a rockstar without it.

Writer and critic Yanyi on the realities of leaving your day job, the complicated relationship between being creative and being truly productive, and the value of sometimes changing your mind.

The State of the Word is the annual keynote address at WordCamp US, presented by the co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg. In this year’s address, Matt summarizes the highlights of 2019 — including the 5.1 and 5.2 releases, and looks forward to 5.3. He discusses the controversies from 2018, and talks about all the ways people can get involved with WordPress.

The critic and author of the Charles Lenox series advises doing what Michelangelo did, but backward.