Practical Writing – A No-Bullshit Guide That Actually Helps
Everything I wish someone told me about practical writing when I was starting out, and what I learned…
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25 Writing Prompts to Break You Out of Your Head
Twenty-five real writing prompts I have actually used when stuck, organized by what kind of stuck you are.…
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Love Poetry for Cynics and Daydreamers (Twelve Real Poems Worth Memorizing)
A working writer's reading list of love poems that survive cynicism and outlast romantic naïveté. Twelve real poems…
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You don't have to become Erik Spiekermann to design a useful custom typeface. A working designer's honest guide…
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A working designer who builds author websites for a living lists the seven mistakes that show up almost…
Read moreI Trained an AI on My Writing for a Year. Here’s What It Stole.
A working writer's first-person account of feeding a year of essays into an AI model, watching it learn…
Read moreNotion vs Obsidian for Working Writers (And the Third Option Nobody Talks About)
A working writer's honest comparison of Notion, Obsidian, and the third option most writers eventually settle on but…
Read moreEvery Writer I Fall For Is An INTP And I’m Starting To Think That’s A Warning
Thirteen INTP writers, what I actually read them for, and what the pattern in my bookshelf is trying…
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A real working designer and copywriter breaks down which freelance platform actually pays, which one eats your soul…
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Why Capricorns outproduce every other sign in art and writing, and what the rest of us can steal…
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