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Why You Need to Develop a Biliterate Brain — and How to Do It

Melissa Gouty

Aug 19, 20205 min read

Why You Need to Develop a Biliterate Brain — and How to Do It

The average American spends more than 6 hours a day reading digitally. We need to develop bilateral brains to process information.

What Valuable Advice Can You Gift to Other Writers?

Melissa Gouty

Aug 18, 20203 min read

What Valuable Advice Can You Gift to Other Writers?

When you attend a book signing, ask writers to inscribe their books with one condensed piece of writing wisdom.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Dies by Suicide

Melissa Gouty

Aug 17, 20201 min read

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Dies by Suicide

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," commits suicide by inhaling chloroform on this on August 17, 1935.

The Data-Backed Case for Ditching Adverbs

Melissa Gouty

Aug 14, 20205 min read

The Data-Backed Case for Ditching Adverbs

Is the road to hell really paved with adverbs? Data analysis proved that Stephen King was right. The best writing has few adverbs.

Writers, Hoaxes, and the Psychology of Fraud

Melissa Gouty

Aug 14, 20206 min read

Writers, Hoaxes, and the Psychology of Fraud

What makes writers commit literary fraud? The Education of Little Tree, A Million Little Pieces, Misha, Angel at the Fence are all hoaxes.

4 Conundrums from Doris Lessings' Novel Lecture

Melissa Gouty

Aug 14, 20204 min read

4 Conundrums from Doris Lessings' Novel Lecture

Doris Lessing's Nobel Lecture discussed the desire for education in Zimbabwe, and how books and reading are essential to society.

Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds by Ian Wright

Melissa Gouty

Aug 13, 20203 min read

Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds by Ian Wright

Brilliant Maps delivers a zinger to your mind in the form of infographic-maps. Easy to see and quick to decipher in bold, boisterous color.

4 Unexpected Ways to Support Indie Bookstores

Melissa Gouty

Aug 13, 20204 min read

4 Unexpected Ways to Support Indie Bookstores

If you don't have money like James Patterson, you can still support indie bookstores. Do it. A city without a bookstore is a sad place.

How a Woman of No Importance Won a War and Changed the World

Melissa Gouty

Aug 12, 20205 min read

How a Woman of No Importance Won a War and Changed the World

The French Resistance was organized by Virginia Hall, a spy - and amputee-- who provided valuable intelligence during WWII.

Guaranteed Good Reads for the Rest of the Year

Melissa Gouty

Aug 12, 20205 min read

Guaranteed Good Reads for the Rest of the Year

We never have enough reading time, so you have to choose your books wisely. Here are guaranteed good reads from the Monday Night Book Club.

Melissa Gouty

Aug 8, 20204 min read

5 Time Zones of Productive Writers

Writers experience time differently than others. Here's how to make the most of the 5 time zones of productive writers.

The Great Poet Ern Malley (Who Never Existed)

Melissa Gouty

Aug 8, 20205 min read

The Great Poet Ern Malley (Who Never Existed)

Ern Malley's poetry was an elaborate hoax, but because of an editor's backing. Malley's work gained acclaim.

What Writers Need to Know About Readability

Melissa Gouty

Aug 7, 20205 min read

What Writers Need to Know About Readability

Copywriters are instructed to write at the sixth grade level. Short, simple, and - well - dumber. Even fiction is simpler than before.

It’s Not Magic! Good Writing is the Result of Training

Melissa Gouty

Aug 7, 20205 min read

It’s Not Magic! Good Writing is the Result of Training

Award-winning, note-worthy writers train daily, love language, and have the persistence to keep going even in the face of rejection.

Melissa Gouty

Jul 29, 20203 min read

Everyone Dies Famous

Len Joy's Everyone Dies Famous draws on the cherished tradition of small-town literature where lives overlap, circle, and collide daily.

Focus on the Fun to Win the Writing Race

Melissa Gouty

Jul 29, 20203 min read

Focus on the Fun to Win the Writing Race

Writers shouldn't forget the fun factor. When the act of writing doesn’t make them happy, it’s impossible to be successful.

5 Fascinating Facts About Books That Will Surprise and Delight You

Melissa Gouty

Jul 29, 20205 min read

5 Fascinating Facts About Books That Will Surprise and Delight You

Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve by Ben Blatt is crammed with hundreds of fascinating facts about reading and writing. Here are five.

How Compassionate Problem-Solving Leads To Profit-Building

Melissa Gouty

Jul 23, 20206 min read

How Compassionate Problem-Solving Leads To Profit-Building

Richard Drew's compassionate problem-solving was at the crux of innovation, not the amount of time he spent working on it.

If Bestselling Authors Do It, Shouldn't You?

Melissa Gouty

Jul 23, 20204 min read

If Bestselling Authors Do It, Shouldn't You?

The semicolon doesn't work for copywriting, but it's a light-saber for word-warriors in essays, articles, and story-telling.

Why Rising to a Challenge Makes You More Creative

Melissa Gouty

Jul 23, 20203 min read

Why Rising to a Challenge Makes You More Creative

Rising to a challenge, stimulates ideas, strengthens creative muscle, and gives you repeatable, significant results.

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