Bethany
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Bethany
Stories help us understand
It doesn’t matter who we are, we all want stories. They help us make sense of our experiences and a complicated world. Because we’re inquisitive, social animals, stories help us understand and connect with one another. When we recognize and relate to characters and events in stories—particularly those we believe to be true
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If you don't *feel* like writing, remember: mood & attitude are two different things. Mood is the emotional weather we find ourselves caught in. Attitude is our perspective, a compass, a little lighthouse with a big beam. Mood isn't fixable. Attitude, however, is flexible.
Shira Erlichmantwitter.comIn my experience, inspiration is not something that finds you, or offers itself to you, nor for that matter is faith. Inspiration and faith are similar in so far as they both ask something of us. They each require real and constant practical application. For me, inspiration comes only when I practice certain things regularly and rigorously. I must ... See more
Nick Cave • The Red Hand Files Issue #207
Christopher Tin: Live at Cadogan Hall - Waloyo Yamoni
youtube.comTo really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating I... See more
Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) • Trial and error and error and error.
The learning space and resilience feel like frustration. The more you can tolerate the learning space between not knowing and knowing, the more you create resilience. (Summary)
Tree grows down and up at the same time. It’s the work in the deep dark that makes the light possible (summaries)
“if you can’t go down you can’t go up.”
If your goal is to grow, every idea you have should be run through this filter:
“Why would someone share this?”
Share rate should be your #1 metric if your goal is growing an audience.
One tactic: build identity into your content. At BuzzFeed, we studied this. We found that:
Identity + Emotion = Virality
Example:
Weird (emotion) ways Sisters (identity) f
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