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How To Write A Powerful Children’s Book, with Authors Claire-Voe & Kendra Ocampo

How To Write A Powerful Children’s Book, with Authors Claire-Voe & Kendra Ocampo

Writing a book is hard. Writing a good book is even harder. Writing a good book for children is in many ways even harder than that.
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How to Write Like Ozan Varol, Author of “Think Like A Rocket Scientist”

How to Write Like Ozan Varol, Author of “Think Like A Rocket Scient...

Ozan Varol is one of my favorite thinkers on thinking. And as someone with a tattoo of a Falcon 9 rocket on his forearm, I was…
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How to write like Peter McGraw, author of Shtick to Business and The Humor Code

How to write like Peter McGraw, author of Shtick to Business and Th...

“Cappuccino and go.”
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How to write like Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, Outer Order, Inner Calm, and…

How to write like Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, ...

Whenever an author I really respect comes out with a new book, I like to grab them for a few minutes to ask them about their writing…
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How Porter Braswell, author of Let Them See You, writes

How Porter Braswell, author of Let Them See You, writes

Every month I dig into a different author’s writing or creative process to try to get a little better at my own work. Today I’m pleased to…
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How To Write Like Beth Comstock, GE Executive and Author of Imagine It Forward

How To Write Like Beth Comstock, GE Executive and Author of Imagine...

Every few weeks I go behind the scenes with a different author to explore the way they work and write. This month it was my pleasure to…
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How To Write Like Break The Wheel Author and Marketing Genius Jay Acunzo

How To Write Like Break The Wheel Author and Marketing Genius Jay A...

Every couple weeks, I go behind the scenes with a different writer about their process. It makes me a better writer (and hopefully same…
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How I Write: Sarah Kessler, author of GIGGED

How I Write: Sarah Kessler, author of GIGGED

“At some point, I realized I should start.”
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Inside the creative process of Allen Gannett, author of The Creative Curve

Inside the creative process of Allen Gannett, author of The Creativ...

Every month, I interview a writer about her or his artistic process. This month, I’m featuring Allen Gannett. If you don’t know Allen, you…
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Inside the writing process of Amber Rae, author of Choose Wonder Over Worry

Inside the writing process of Amber Rae, author of Choose Wonder Ov...

Each month, I ask an author with a new book about her or his writing secrets. This month, I’m featuring Amber Rae, one of my favorite…
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How to Write Like James Clear, Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits

How to Write Like James Clear, Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits

“It is not the reader’s job to figure out what is important. That’s your job.”
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How to write like Dan Schawbel, New York Times bestselling author of Back To Human

How to write like Dan Schawbel, New York Times bestselling author o...

Every month I share an interview with an author, where we dig into writing and creative process advice. This month I’m pleased to feature…
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How I Write: Ben Hardy, author of Willpower Doesn’t Work

How I Write: Ben Hardy, author of Willpower Doesn’t Work

“Good timber doesn’t grow with ease.”
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How I Write: Melissa Dahl, author of CRINGEWORTHY

How I Write: Melissa Dahl, author of CRINGEWORTHY

“I did eat a lot of chocolate-covered almonds. That seemed to help.”
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How I Write: Dan Pink, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN

How I Write: Dan Pink, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN

“Sometimes… it’s excruciating.”
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