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Because writing is an act that takes your whole body
Jan 1, 2024 • 
V Sri
 and 
Chelsea Larsson

December 2023

Use your sharp knife
Let curiosity make the meal
Dec 19, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson
Pick up your paper and pen
Tools are cool because they make work easier. They shift drudge from our shoulders to machines or circuitboards. But for writers, tools aren’t all…
Dec 12, 2023 • 
V Sri
See something, say something
Bringing the ignored into reality with words
Dec 5, 2023 • 
V Sri

November 2023

How to be rich in content design
Don’t offer discounts on your wellbeing
Nov 21, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson
Writers seek the quintessential truth
And your princess is probably in another castle
Nov 7, 2023 • 
V Sri

October 2023

Words are empty vessels
To experience fullness you must glimpse the emptiness
Oct 24, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson
 and 
V Sri
You don’t need permission to do your job
Drive around the potholes
Oct 10, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson

September 2023

You are the author, but you are not the story
You’re an invisible guide, not a wisecracking narrator
Sep 26, 2023 • 
V Sri
Go off and show off
You must learn how to talk about yourself
Sep 12, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson

August 2023

Stories are how words enable understanding
How else to explain battered Oreos?
Aug 29, 2023 • 
V Sri
There is no boundary around your brilliance
Mighty redwoods take no shit
Aug 15, 2023 • 
Chelsea Larsson
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