You’re the last line of defense — and that’s a good thing

Tips to nourish your physical and mental wellbeing while you try to do it all, written by Franziska Eichler with illustrations by Molly Grund.

A guide to making positive and lasting changes in your life, written by Tina Essmaker with illustrations by Qiong Li.

A guide to changing where you live and work in order to nourish your creative lifestyle, written by Stephanie Diamond with illustrations by Carlos Sanchez.

Writer Helen Phillips on honestly portraying motherhood, making writing a habit, and adapting your practice to fit your circumstances.

Somewhere along the path of growing up we forgot that it’s ok to play, and to not be great at something straight away.

It takes more than insipid open-mic guitar to put over a classic song, no matter what Richard Curtis says.

Writer Dorothea Lasky ruminates on the nature of creativity, witchcraft, and the eternal nobility of being an artist.

A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place.

As a writer, you need to have constant inspiration and ideas flowing, otherwise, you won’t have much to write about. So you need to protect your creative juices and make sure they don’t dry up. For this reason, I’ve adopted three principles that I live my writing life by. These principles allow me to have optimal creativity when I sit down to do my writing. By implementing these principles, I’ve been able to create a consistent daily writing habit, connect to my inner voice and set my creativity on fire.

There is no harsher environment than a comedy writers' room, where teams of funny people create, cull, and kill ideas—and then sell their creations to the decision-makers. Veteran writers share lessons that can keep business teams on their toes and maximize creativity. @Enterprisenxt

To doodle is human, as these drawings from Stephen King, Queen Victoria, and more prove.

Is there a link between creativity and romantic passion? A new research article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that there is. Written by Kathleen L. Carswell and Eli J. Finkel of Northwestern University and Madoka Kumashiro Goldsmiths of the University of London, the article presents the results of three research studies examining whether being creative helps bolster long-term romantic relationships.

Imposter syndrome goes beyond genuine humility. It lies about your own accomplishments and exaggerates the accomplishments of others. And the worst part of imposter syndrome isn’t how it makes you feel – it’s what it makes you stop doing that you really want to do.

Writer Tommy Pico on moving from poetry to screenplays, the things you sacrifice for your work, and shaking off imposter syndrome.

It is done! Your book, your article, your course, your product. After all your hard work, blood, sweat, and tears, the thing is finished. Now, it’s time to sell it. Get people to buy it. Read it. Adopt it. It’s time to find clients, find an audience, find rabid fans. In other words, it’s time to self-promote. Did you just die a little inside when you heard those words? Did your heart skip a beat and your body temperature drop as a cold shiver snaked up your spine?

If you believe that great scientists are most creative when they’re young, you are missing part of the story. A new study of winners of the Nobel Prize in economics finds that there are two different life cycles of creativity, one that hits some people early in their career and another that more often strikes later in life. In this study, the early peak was found for laureates in their mid-20s and the later peak for those in their mid-50s.

In his latest installment, Benjamin Buchholz shares his tried-and-true tips for battling the blank page.

YouTuber and marketing consultant Rachel Nguyen on independence versus collaboration, honoring your boundaries, and internal and external spaces.

Writer and artist Leanne Shapton on multi-channel storytelling, unconventional creative routines, and balancing personal and professional work.