Productivity is one heck of a battle for any writer, especially when fear and resistance want to take hold of you and make it that you don’t write. I don’t believe in writer’s block, and neither should you. A lot of the time — all the time, writer’s block is actually fear dressed up, and it can kill your productivity.

Have you ever felt like your dreams are bigger than you are? Like wanting to travel to exotic places or become a millionaire or write a best-selling book? Dreams so grand, so distant, they seem like stars glittering and unreachable in the night.

A few foolproof ways to get back to writing like you never left.

by @SylviaDuckworth on Instagram.

There’s too much room for excuses.

The digital age has introduced new, and often painful, ways of ending relationships. None of them are more hurtful than “ghosting.” For those of you who are fortunate to not have been ghosted before, being ghosted simply means that someone has stopped responding to all communication. And sadly, this disappearing act isn’t only…

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

Take inspiration from his work by making something yourself.

Writer Joseph Grantham on moving to a small town, having a space to do your work, and intentionally fucking up your life.

Will you let competition make you or break you?

You probably learn a lot about personal development. An article here, a YouTube video there, and an Instagram quote to top it all off. But if you're serious about self-improvement, you need a plan. Here's how to make one.

It all depends how you look at it.

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.

If you keep an open mind, there's more chance you'll catch the big ideas.

Tips for publishing something new every day, and approaching your progression as a writer with kindness rather than judgement.

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.

Failure is inevitable. We have to work hard at our art. We have to keep developing our unique voice and we do this by continually producing work even when our work isn’t received in the way we would like. Imagine if David Bowie had given up after his first record had flopped or if, when he received that feedback from the BBC, he decided he had no future in music.

This is a system I only somewhat tongue in cheek refer to as “The Fully General System For Learning To Do Hard Things”. It’s a useful conceptual framework for how to get better at things that you currently find difficult.

Practice makes perfect. You have probably heard it a million times. When people say the same thing over and over again it’s easy to overlook it. When was the last time you applied this adage proactively? We all have things we want to get better at. We all want to do more, to be more. Consistency – sticking to the practice of your craft – is timely advice, but how does it apply to daily life?