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20 hours ago

Do the hard thing: Enjoy your success.

On watching a story of mine debut at Sundance, and thinking about Neil Gaiman. Week-by-week readers know that last week I was at Sundance, watching a film adaptation of a story I wrote. There was so much I could think about: Which celebrities will I see? And how will I…

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Do the hard thing: Enjoy your success.
Do the hard thing: Enjoy your success.
Writing

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Jan 19

“Do More Than Your Best. Do What is Required.”

A project fell through that I needed financially, so I’m scrambling right now. Every freelance writer reading this knows the feeling: I’m not good enough. Is it always going to be this hard? Hell, many staff writers have similar feelings when a big story collapses. Will I find another one…

Self Improvement

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“Do More Than Your Best. Do What is Required.”
“Do More Than Your Best. Do What is Required.”
Self Improvement

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Jan 9

The ONE goal you should have

It’s also the ONLY goal you should have as a writer. So let’s start by saying something bold: The lesson of Barnes & Noble is the lesson for every writer. The jazz critic and music historian Ted Gioia has a great piece on Barnes & Noble. It’s expanding. In 2023. …

Self Improvement

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The ONE goal you should have
The ONE goal you should have
Self Improvement

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Dec 2, 2022

To overcome your doubt, learn to sit alongside it

What if I fail? What if I have modest success but never write for dream publications? What if I write for dream publications but never quiet the inner voice that says I’m inadequate? I’ve posed these questions. Maybe you have too. How do you stop them? Well, I’m not sure…

Writing

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To overcome your doubt, learn to sit alongside it
To overcome your doubt, learn to sit alongside it
Writing

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Oct 5, 2022

“Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be”

How to write and how to live. This quote comes from Steven Pressfield, the historical novelist who has a new book out: Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be. It’s another way to say what Emerson has before him: “God will not have his work made manifest by…

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“Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be”
“Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be”
Writing

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Sep 19, 2022

How to turn your pain and fear and joy and triumphs into viral stories.

On Medium and any other platform. Everything I read and consumed in this week fit into one theme: How everything is useful for you, fuel for. So let’s talk about that. In particular let’s talk about how: You Will Use It All. I found this idea in Stephen King’s On Writing, which I read this…

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How to turn your pain and fear and joy and triumphs into viral stories.
How to turn your pain and fear and joy and triumphs into viral stories.
Writing Tips

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Sep 13, 2022

The Best Career Advice You’ll Read

One book has transformed how I think about what I do—and why A friend of mine, for my birthday, got me Warren Bennis’ classic On Becoming a Leader. I thanked him for the book but it sat on Mount Nightstand for five months. …

Self Improvement

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The Best Career Advice You’ll Read
The Best Career Advice You’ll Read
Self Improvement

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Aug 31, 2022

Say no to THEM to say Yes to YOURSELF.

The less you do creatively, the more you do. I’m taking it easy today. And because I’m taking it easy let’s talk about one of my favorite movies, which has at its core a very easy-living message that you and I find super-hard to live by. I love Forgetting Sarah…

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Say no to THEM to say Yes to YOURSELF.
Say no to THEM to say Yes to YOURSELF.
Writing

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Aug 30, 2022

Your Fame Won’t Matter. Here’s What to Think About Instead.

Judd Apatow has a good line in his latest book, Sicker in the Head. There’s a feeling that you get when you get older, where you realize, like, kids don’t remember M*A*S*H. They don’t remember Cheers or Family Ties. And pretty soon, they won’t remember Friends. You feel everything is…

Self Improvement

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Your Fame Won’t Matter. Here’s What to Think About Instead.
Your Fame Won’t Matter. Here’s What to Think About Instead.
Self Improvement

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Aug 22, 2022

The Best Path to Productivity? Work Less.

How idleness can dramatically increase output for creative types. Maybe because it’s August, or maybe because I’m reporting a magazine piece around the idea, but these days I’m thinking a lot about idleness. I come from its opposite. I come from a long line of farmers who lived the Protestant…

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The Best Path to Productivity? Work Less.
The Best Path to Productivity? Work Less.
Writing

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Paul Kix

Paul Kix

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Best-selling author of The Saboteur. Learn the 7 rules six-figure writers follow to make more money: https://paulkixnewsletter.lpages.co/seven-tips-pdf/

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