David Perell

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Michael Pollan Shares His Best Writing Advice

How Smart Writers Persuade

How a Metaphor Can Change Your Mind Instantly

Why Writers Hit a Skill Plateau

Why We Don't Write Like Charles Darwin Anymore

What It Takes To Create Great Art

Nobody Likes Being Lectured

The Secret Behind Decades of Daily Writing (David Sedaris Interview)

Our Inner Lives Have Been Industrialized

We've Learned Poetry Wrong

Why AI Writes Better Than Your Lawyer

Live to the Point of Tears

Rethinking Our Relationship with Time

Why Children Grow Out of Being Artists

The Secret Behind Every Great Joke

Pixar's Secret Storytelling Formula (Andrew Stanton Interview)

Heartbreak Is Inescapable

Two Intuitive Ways to Edit Your Writing

Write Down Ten Images Every Day

Why This Award Winning Novelist Listens to Death Metal

What We Can't Surrender to AI

What It Takes To Build A Comedy Special

Michael Pollan's Interview is Now Live

Harvard Professor Teaches Writing (Michael Pollan Interview)

The Two Types of Time

Good Writing Is Exploring What You Don't Know

Technology Moves Faster Than Ethics

Why the Best Ideas Can't Be Neatly Explained

Two Things All Writers Need To Be

Why This Iconic Writer Refuses To Call Her Work Content

Excel Is a Writer's Best Friend - Andrew Hunter Murray

Academics Write for Each Other, Not for People - Steven Pinker

Learn How to Write Novels in 1 Hour (Andrew Hunter Murray Interview)

Why AI Can't Replace Human Art — Maria Popova

What You'll Never Find On The Internet — Maria Popova

The Big Lebowski Is a Detective Story — Steven Pressfield

The "All Is Lost" Moment in Stories — Steven Pressfield

Emmy Award-Winner Teaches Writing (Noah Hawley Interview)

Poetry And Science Need Each Other — Maria Popova

Indifference Kills Humor — Tom Segura

How to Make a Story Land — Tom Segura

How Memoir Lost Its Original Meaning — Maria Popova

How a Story Becomes a Joke — Tom Segura

Good Writing Is Exploring What You Don't Know — David Whyte

NYT Best-Selling Author Teaches Writing (Suleika Jaouad Interview)

Beauty Is the Antidote to Anxiety — Steven Pressfield

How to Talk to Your Inner Critic — Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott's Storytelling Framework