The Difference Between Reading and Writing

In the beginning stages of my educational career, my parents and teachers constantly preached the importance of reading. They would often say something along the lines of, “reading makes you smarter.” Looking back on the early stages of my education, the…

A Piece of Content by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet…Or Would It?

Have you ever paused and thought about all the different ways we receive information? Yes, some of it is from other people but where did they get that information? Sometimes if you trace a piece of…

Keeping an Open Mind

Since I was a junior in high school, I had figured out what I wanted to do career wise. I felt extremely lucky that I had found something I incredibly enjoy and wanted to make a living off of it. My dad always used to tell me that if you enjoy what you do, you’ll never work a day in your…

Is This Really What Being A “Writer” Means?

At the University of Kentucky, I am an English Major. Like many of you, my major requires a great deal of reading and writing. When I signed up as an English major I had envisioned myself in much of the classes that were like WRD 306. In simpler terms, I…

Think Sideways

Invention is complicated. Inventing something useful is really complicated.

Most invention seems to come from combining two or more seemingly unrelated concepts. I’ve been spending a fair portion of my semester studying invention as part of one of my classes, focused on…

Brand New

Forbes.com defines the word brand, in its simplest sense, as the perceptions associated with your brand name. “Your brand name exists objectively; people can see it. It’s fixed. But your brand exists only in someone’s mind.”

Repurposed People

Once a piece of content has been published, there is potential for that single piece to be repurposed numerous times for numerous different reasons. The objective might be altered, the intended audience may change, or the medium by which the content is presented may shift. Definitively, content…

Actually Sitting Down and Writing

I really enjoy writing. I constantly have ideas swimming through my mind about new things to write. But sitting down and actually writing? That’s something that I struggle with. It’s been weeks, probably almost months, since I last wrote creatively just for me. I think a decent a portion of…

“Acquiring Editors Stab ’Em, Managing Editors Slab ‘Em”