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The Apprentice Mindset: Out-Think Your Writing Insecurity

The Apprentice Mindset: Out-Think Your Writing Insecurity

  • February 22, 2018
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By Daniel Schwabauer
You’re four chapters into a novel—a project that recently excited you with its promise of fascinating characters and unexpected plot twists—when you realize your book isn’t going to work.

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Postponing Success: When a Wise Choice Becomes a Trap

Postponing Success: When a Wise Choice Becomes a Trap

  • November 5, 2017
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By Daniel Schwabauer
During my first year of college the great literary science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut spoke at Kansas University at the request of the English Department. I remember him saying that if we wanted to be writers, the last thing we should do is study English at a university. “You will stop writing.”

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