Why You Shouldn't Become A Better Person
The Modern Worker Stephen King has one and only one talent: he is the best at writing engaging and suspenseful books. He can’t even write...
How Spiderman Almost Became Homeless
In the mid-90s Marvel Comics, the company responsible for Spiderman, Iron Man, Wolverine, and Captain America went into Chapter 11...
Why Failure Is Important
In a high school in North Carolina, a young man got cut from his basketball team. Determined to show the coaches he belonged, he played...
Create Procedures Not Work
World War Two ended and a young man who had served as an ambulance driver in France returned home to the United States. He drifted...
The Ass Kicking Guide To Getting What You Want
Have you heard the saying, “Nothing easy is worth doing”? I can’t remember where I first heard it or who said it, but when I used the...
What Does Fiction Owe Real Life? 2 Ways Of Writing About Emotional Reality
It was an orange jump suit that got me thinking about the relationship of art to reality. I know a strange connection to make but often...
3 Easy Things To Do To Become a Successful Screenwriter
In his book, the Outliers, Malcom Gladwell famously wrote that to master any skill you need to practice it for 10,000 hours. Gladwell...
What an Introverted Writer learned that Helped Him Step Outside of His Shell
Leadership is one of those skills that is hard to teach and difficult to learn. I’ve read so many books on how to be a great leader, yet...
4 Essential Elements to Making Money Blogging
1. Be a Kick Ass Writer. Excuse me for swearing but it’s the truth. It may seem like an obvious assessment but it’s funny how sometimes...
Why We Should Ignore Blogs
Okay, I was wrong. . . a little. After I resisted my initial urge to take a sledge hammer to my commuter (Office Space style) I have...
