David Perell wrote a fantastic blog post on the importance (or lack thereof) in the accuracy of maps. Side note — if you don’t follow David Perell, you should. In a similar vein, I want to talk about the importance (or lack thereof) in the precision of one’s metaphors. This is not an argument against …
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Disclaimer: do not read if you don’t like spoilers. This blog post is built of them. I’ve been meaning to read The Song of Achilles for some time. I’d heard good things about the author and the writing, and I’m partial to the stories of the Greek and Roman heroes, even in retold form (The …
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Alternate title: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, as it relates to fiction — because it does. It has a direct correlation to the interestingness of the stories you tell. Just as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs dictates the things in life we find most compelling (or that carry the most emotional weight), so too does it dictate …
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In the same way that the adage is true for our bodies — we are what we eat. So too is the same true for content consumption. The ideas we intake become the foundation with which we build all of our thoughts, our ideas, and our creative processes. Our brains are constantly processing information. Be …
One of the beauties of the internet age is the inherent flexibility in the way we work. Unlike the older industrial systems (of which our industrial education system is bred), which required a certain consistency in time (when you’re using a series of wheels and gears, each cog must fit seamlessly together), our new world …
Over the past few months, I’ve become an adamant proponent of whiteboarding — as a mode of organization, but more importantly, as a structure for thinking. Every time I have a creative problem I’m solving, or a project I’m structuring, I take it to the whiteboard and I lay out a roadmap for the solution. …