We’re total suckers for self improvement: The self-help industry brings in billions of dollars each year from countless books. All that encouraging advice can feel empowering and commonsensical, ...

These deceptively simple rules are designed to help you access the power of your imagination and allow your true creativity to express itself. The one thing that blocks most writers from having access ...

Get your creativity nice and limber by loosening up any ideas you have in your head. Did you know that your brain is a muscle? Or maybe you’re thinking of your skin? For a writing warmup, spend ...

"We all think it's dead obvious that a musician has practice time devoted solely to "work" meant to be discarded. But programmers..." So wrote programming instructor and game developer Kathy Sierra on ...

When we think about relationships, we tend to think about our connections with others—our partners, friends, family members, and co-workers. This post focuses on a relationship that often gets ...

A little push at the right time can help move disadvantaged black and Latino students onto the path to college years later, according to two new experimental studies. In several studies over the last ...

We often receive requests from members for exercises that can help them improve specific aspects of their writing. The most crucial element of any successful sitcom or comedy drama is its characters.

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Trauma differs for everyone — it's caused by varying events or experiences one has gone through — and there are instances where it may progress into post-traumatic stress disorder. Licensed mental ...