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The 9 Very Best Storytelling Quotes Based on Their Deeper Meaning
A while back I had the pleasure and honor of attending Story masterclasses by the incredible Robert McKee. For those of you who don't...

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The Story You Tell Yourself - How Storytelling Helps Manifesting
It's all the rage in certain, mostly affluent circles: manifesting. For some, it's a holy grail. For others, pure nonsense. The truth...

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Anxiety and Instant Stress Relief
So much about our mental health is about physicality . Solutions to stress are no different. If we want to reduce stress in our lives we...

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Storytelling Basics - Why Friction & Conflict are the Single Most Crucial Elements of all Stories
Throughout the ages, our lives have been filled with constant trials and tribulations. As a result, our entire biological make up is...

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Storytelling, Creative Anxiety, and the Two Paths to Success
If you want to be successful in life, there are basically two paths you can follow. One is the ambitious path where you push yourself:...

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Creative Health: Kaizen and a thousand steps
Kaizen is the Japanese word for improvement. Kai stands for ‘Change’ and Zen for ‘Good’. We often hear it to describe a common theme in...

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Burnout Solution 11: Embracing the animal inside
Right now, you are in survival mode. Your body and mind are embracing your lizard and monkey brains to rewire a few things for the...

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Flow in the Now - How to Reach Creative Health
One of the strongest solutions to overcoming creative anxiety is the ability to connect to the now. This means your thoughts don't drift...

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You as the Storyteller - Artists and Creative Anxiety
Why are artists more prone to creative anxiety and even burnout symptoms than others? It's simple really, artists are both more...

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Creative Anxiety - Why Feeling Bad is Good
This burnout thing… why do I feel so bad? That’s the question we all ask ourselves. I can’t answer this for you of course. What I can do...

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Creative Anxiety & Burnout Solution 10: The Couch Potato
This is my favorite burnout topic: the couch potato. Essentially I’m encouraging you to be one and to feel bloody good about it. Your...

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For Storytellers - Creative Anxiety and Linguistic Programming
My favorite pod-caster, actor and comedian Marc Maron , has a lifetime full of experience with anxiety issues. In the creative industry...

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The Bitter Story of Enlightenment
We all have that one friend who took yoga too far. Please send them this article. Hi. My name is Rogier. I'm a writer. And this article...

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The 9 Thought-Provoking Lessons Dune Teaches us on Storytelling
The Dune films by Denis Villeneuve are exceptionally good. And anyone familiar with the books by Frank Herbert knows that they are even...

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Corporate Storytelling and Its Effect on Innovation
Every large corporation on our planet was once a startup with an innovative vision. They became so successful, the end result is a big...

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Storytelling & AI - The Illusion of Control
We don’t know. That’s the truth. At the very bottom, the only truth that counts is this: no one knows what artificial intelligence will...

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Creative Energy - Anxiety Never Fades
You are not going to like this. But it’s the truth. That anxiety you feel? When you’re releasing that art thing or that creative project...

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Successful Storytelling - It's a seller's market
Many of us can get disheartened in the storytelling professions. So this is a simple blog to boost your moral. There is always demand for...

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The Tea Drinkers (Short Story)
“They do look curious,” said the man, staring up at the gigantic alien spaceship that was hoovering in the atmosphere above the planet....

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Creative Ownership
One of the key aspects to a successful creative career is owning (up to) what you bring out. I call this creative agency or ownership: a...

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