There is a time and place for subtlety. That time and place is not the internet in 2018. I’ve been making content online for around 20 years now, give or take. I started before I was 10. In that time, I’ve seen the streams and channels and audiences grow to an insane number of people, online and searching for content at every second of every day. It’s gone from a few black and white channels to full colour HD so fast it can make your head spin. We are living in a time of noise, of colour, of violent, fit-inducing stimulation, where the extreme of any opinion, any position, any vertical, and any content format is just a wink away.

WordPress has taken down a handful alt-right blogs, according to several complaints from affected blog owners and readers who claim the sites were removed from WordPress.com, despite not being in violation of the company’s Terms of Service.

Art is hard. It often looks easy from the outside. ‘I could have done that,’ says Jane. ‘But you didn’t,’ says Peter. That’s art. A true artist is not born. They are certainly not made overnight. Art is the result of a series of events that came together thanks to a commitment. A decision made by the artist or practitioner to show up every day, and to put something to paper. Many never make the art they are capable of. Many will never realise the music that is quietly humming in their souls. Sometimes, art erupts out of a rush of excitement and joy in the artist — from a moment of insight. That works.

Donald Hall, who died in June this year at the age of eighty-nine, compiled one final book of essays before his death.

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Little professionalism "leaks" in content are errors that undermine the content's authority, squander audience interest, and detract from business goals.

Do you want to be a great writer? To create stunning works of art that people can’t stop reading? To craft brilliant articles that touch hearts and change lives? Maybe being a great writer has been your dream since you were barely old enough to scribble on the walls in spaghetti sauce. Or maybe you’ve been trying for years to get your writing career to “take off,” with no luck. If so, you’ve probably already imbibed lots of writing advice. Everything from “write every day!” to “Sit down at the keyboard and bleed.” Forget all that. The key to writing well isn’t to focus on writing. It’s to focus on your writing system.

A list of the best social media apps for 2018. If you're a social marketer, having access to the right tools can make your job a whole lot easier. Find out which ones Hootsuite's own social team recommends.

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.”

Isn’t there enough art in the world already? Why would I need to create yet more content? How can I stay motivated if there are thousands of people out there who make amazing art; who provide a bri…

I love how social media limits my creativity to a single square. It gets me to think hard about what makes an impact, how people can be helped without meaningless words, and what LOOKS good for people to click. Don’t worry, I’ll be adding articles here soon enough. I just need some space to focus on opening up a new, related avenue. With good response so far, I’ve been enjoying the process more than I thought, and now I’m sort of addicted.

Pirette McKamey, a veteran English teacher, spent 30 years investigating what helps young people to view themselves as writers.

I’ve been writing seriously on Medium for about a year. I’ve written about 100 posts since then. I’ve also gained 25,000+ new email subscribers. I’ve been writing for 5 years. After first 4.5 years, I had essentially nothing to show for it.

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Holland is home to a thriving community of journalists and bloggers who cover criminals and the drug trade. Those writers are often targeted by their subjects—and so was Martin Kok.

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.

See key things highly authentic creatives do differently that makes them so attractive and excell.

A behind-the-scenes look into Jenny's first year of blogging, including traffic strategies that worked (and some that didn't).

One of the most hotly talked about topics in tech right now is starting an indie business. What is an indie business? It's one where you, and maybe a co-founder, attempt to start a business with no investor funding or large external influence. It goes by many names: boot-strapped, solo-founded, self-funded, indie-hackers...etc... and it's pretty hot right now!

Writing high-quality articles takes a ton of time, but sadly many high quality articles won’t even get read. According to Copyblogger, 8 out of 10 people will read headlines but only 2 out of 10 will actually click on it and read the rest. To maximize your effectiveness with blogging or content marketing, you really have to write amazing headlines that people feel compelled to click.

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Regret is the ultimate poison. If you are thinking about taking the leap and doing whatever it is that you love, you need to just go for it. You will always regret the things that you don't do.

Samuel Beckett’s famous words have a nice ring to them. And for a long time, they’ve permeated the wider circles of entrepreneurship as a kind of Silicon Valley mantra. Failure is necessary. Failure is humbling. Failure is, almost — trendy? At least on the outside. Backstage, we scramble hysterically to avoid it at all costs. After all, businesses rely on consistency, predictability and success — the opposite of failure. And let’s be clear. Taking a glib, cavalier attitude toward failure is dangerous.

Apply these three elements to your content, even if you aren't a "great writer" (yet), to produce useful work that will serve your audience.

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

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

Learning from artists, scientists, and Nobel Prize winners.