Books are not written by inspiration; they are written by habits inspiration occasionally visits. These articles cover habits for writers: routines, consistency, and the small daily systems that finish large projects.
Book ReviewsMurphy's 1963 book launched the entire manifestation industry, and almost everything since traces back to it. The core idea about expectation and behavior holds up fine, but the healing claims don't, and knowing the difference matters when you encounter these…
Book ReviewsWe're all excellent planners and terrible doers, and it's almost never because we lack information. Marshall Goldsmith's *Triggers* pinpoints what actually stops us: the environment we're in when we try to execute, and the gap between the rested person who…
HabitsFour hours of TV a day, no time for what matters. Richard Lowe's guide to crossing the line from consuming to contributing.
AttentionThey say they are too busy to exercise, too tired to cook, too overwhelmed to read, and too stressed to see friends. Then they watch Netflix for four hours.
AI WritingChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok all swung from agreeing with everything to arguing with users in about a year. The fix is the same on every platform: a disagreement protocol in your standing instructions, a fresh chat when a conversation…
HabitsGet Caught Reading Month has one simple idea: let people see you read. As reading becomes a private, invisible act, a case for making it visible again, for your own sake and for the culture of reading.
HabitsNew Year's Day is January 1. A writer's take on the fresh start, why resolutions usually fail, and how to actually use the blank page a new year offers.
DecemberNew Year's Eve is December 31. Why the backward look matters more than the countdown, and how a writer should close out a year before the new one starts.
Book ReviewsMost writers fail not for lack of talent but because they cannot sit down and write on the days they don't feel like it. Atomic Habits is the best-organized book I know for that: systems over goals, habits that compound,…
HabitsBad habits start small and become automatic, but they are learned behaviors, which means they can be unlearned. Here are 32 places to start, plus the cue-behavior-reward loop that makes replacement actually stick.
DialogueFalling into bad writing habits is easy; recognizing them is harder. Most writers know the obvious ones, but dozens of subtler habits creep in unnoticed. Here is a working checklist by category, with examples, so you can spot each one…
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