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Add to the Conversation
Do you know that feeling when you’re at a social gathering and people have divided into small groups? Every group is talking about a different topic and no matter what group you gravitate to, it seems like you don’t...
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Behind the Scenes of My New Book "18 Words to Live By"
I’m thrilled to feature this conversation with my good friend M. J. James. M. J. is a member of our Daily Writer Community, and she has built an amazing podcast and website called Burned Out Business Mom. You probably...
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The Time That is Given to You
In your life as a writer, there are many things you get to choose: how and when you write, what kind of material you create, the type of platform you want to build, and so much more. But there is one thing none of us...
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Write an Unexpected Ending
On May 21, 1990, audiences tuned in to the series finale of the CBS show Newhart. They probably expected a standard final episode that wrapped up the 8-season run telling the story of Dick Louden, a Vermont innkeeper...
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Your One Thing
Each day is a thread you are weaving into an epic tapestry. One day, the threads will run out and your life will be over. When your friends and loved ones reflect on your final tapestry, what will they see? Will they...
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Begin with the End in Mind
In his classic book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey famously wrote, “Begin with the end in mind.” Come with me on a journey to the end—the end of your life. What will future generations know...
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Think 100 Years Into the Future
On a day-to-day basis, we are consumed with the here and now—what we have to write and publish today or this week. Expand your horizons and think not just about this week, this month, or this year. Go beyond even the...
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Create a Body of Work
The writer Matthew Kelly said, “It is important to understand that you are not writing a story or a book, or a sentence or a paragraph. You are writing a body of work. Whatever you are writing today is just one small...
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Jared Odle on Making & Growing Friendships as a Writer
A big challenge that we face in our creative work is simply the fact that we work alone much of the time. Even if you work with a team on projects that include editors, graphic designers, beta readers, maybe...
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A Lesson from Gothic Cathedrals
When I became a college professor in 2004, one of the courses I was assigned was Introduction to the Arts. It was a basic survey course covering visual art, architecture, music, theatre, and film from a Christian...
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A Lesson from Gothic Cathedrals
When I became a college professor in 2004, one of the courses I was assigned was Introduction to the Arts. It was a basic survey course covering visual art, architecture, music, theatre, and film from a Christian...
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Success Comes at a Price
We all wish for success… but sometimes we forget that it comes at a price. Take Harper Lee, for example. She published the classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 when she was just 34 years old....
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