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Paving the way: Meet the engineer determined to show kids that nothing is impossible

Jamila Lindo belongs to an extremely rare subset of civil engineers: she’s Black, female, and now, a published author. Jamila Lindo is a statistical anomaly. …

Black Women

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Paving the way: Meet the engineer determined to show kids that nothing is impossible
Paving the way: Meet the engineer determined to show kids that nothing is impossible
Black Women

6 min read


Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Feb 3, 2022

How to Digress Without Losing the Plot (Or Your Reader)

Good writers love digressions. But why? — John McPhee* has a sign posted over his desk: Have the courage to digress. Academics and students and teachers of the written word frequently criticise writers for their digressions: Stick to the point! This is irrelevant! Unnecessary! Tangential! But digress is what confident writers do all the time. David Foster…

Writing

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How to Digress Without Losing the Plot (Or Your Reader)
How to Digress Without Losing the Plot (Or Your Reader)
Writing

9 min read


Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Jan 14, 2022

7 Tips for Working with Nonfiction Dialogue

How to make the most out of the words you’re given — There’s plenty of advice out there for writing dialogue, but most of this tells you what to write, because it’s intended for fiction writers. But what if you don’t write fiction? What if your dialogue has technically been written for you? …

Writing

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7 Tips for Working with Nonfiction Dialogue
7 Tips for Working with Nonfiction Dialogue
Writing

10 min read


Jan 9, 2022

The Most Comprehensive List of Storytelling Resources for Writers, Marketers and Business Owners

There are hundreds of frameworks and principles and suggestions for telling stories in your business, but in my experience, storytelling is more of a mindset or an approach than a sweet little set of rules. It’s continually asking yourself, is this the most interesting way that I can say this? …

Storytelling

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The Most Comprehensive List of Storytelling Resources for Writers, Marketers and Business Owners
The Most Comprehensive List of Storytelling Resources for Writers, Marketers and Business Owners
Storytelling

8 min read


Nov 25, 2021

Why You Need More Structure in Your Life

Our structures are what keep us sane — our systems, our routines, our frameworks. Yes, we need to break them now and again, stress-test them, step outside them, question, reevaluate. But for the most part, we need to exist inside some set of systems. You can set these up for…

Routine

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Why You Need More Structure in Your Life
Why You Need More Structure in Your Life
Routine

1 min read


Nov 24, 2021

If You’re Stuck, Change Your View

There’s the view from the inside and the view from the outside.

Stuck

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If You’re Stuck, Change Your View
If You’re Stuck, Change Your View
Stuck

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Nov 23, 2021

This is the Only Way to Produce High-Quality Work

The road to quality is a road named quantity.

Art

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This is the Only Way to Produce High-Quality Work
This is the Only Way to Produce High-Quality Work
Art

1 min read


Nov 22, 2021

The One Thing You Should Do Before Everything Else

There are a thousand things to do, to think about, to plan. None of them will turn out right unless you prioritise sleep first. Lack of sleep leads to high blood pressure, heart attack, diabetes, and stroke. It destroys your mood, your concentration, your motivation, your memory. You know this…

Sleep

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The One Thing You Should Do Before Everything Else
The One Thing You Should Do Before Everything Else
Sleep

2 min read


Nov 19, 2021

The Best Way to Develop Real Creativity

The best way to get back to real creativity is to bring pencil to paper.

Creativity

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The Best Way to Develop Real Creativity
The Best Way to Develop Real Creativity
Creativity

1 min read


Nov 18, 2021

Are You Focusing Too Much on Function?

When we become hyper-focused on goals and habits and productivity and usefulness, we often neglect the things that inspire us, the things that draw us in and hold us there, the things we used to sink into and enjoy. Every act becomes a task, becomes something to tick off as…

Art

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Are You Focusing Too Much on Function?
Are You Focusing Too Much on Function?
Art

2 min read

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