Inducing goosebumps and dropped jaws, awe experiences are remarkable in their own right. Moreover, a growing body of research suggests that experiencing awe may lead to a wide range ofbenefits, from happiness and health to perhaps more unexpected benefits such as generosity, humility, and critical...
Grounding your reader deep in your protagonist's POV will do a world of good for the rising action in your story, building stakes and smaller conflict as they spiral into an intense, climatic moment.Silence of the Lambsis a great example of this, where as Clarice Starling grew closer to d...
Think about the memoir as a case study of someone else’s life. It helps to have an objective side where you describe your experiences and feelings. But also a subjective side where you analyze the impact those experiences made. Use storytelling to weave in lessons you learned during the eve...
Clint Smith about his new book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. We talk about the history of slavery in this country and how we approach, excavate, recognize, and react to that history — and how we have a responsibility and accountability ...
DUCKWORTH: Well, let’s begin with what the flow state is, because not everyone knows the work of MikeCsikszentmihalyi, who actually passed away just recently. And he coined the term to describe the psychological state of complete absorption. I mean, maximal interest. So interested are you in...
to specify what roles the different words (or chunks of words) are playing in a sentence. In order to do that, maybe you don’t read every word, top to bottom left to right. You find the connections in the sentence and consider those first (and when reading a paragraph? Same idea!)...
As I introduced myself to the executive in charge of project development, I could sense that she was getting ready to pass on mine before I even had a chance to tell her what it was about. But when I explained that I had acquired the life rights to the story of one of the principal...
Goosebumps has GREAT covers. So does Harry Potter. ~Samantha I like your cover because it has bright, clear, and solid colors. ~Ryan H Covers for me have to be neat. They have to tell a part of the story in a way of art. ~Kate What makes a great book cover is seeing what the...