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According to a recent study, the U.S. market for self-improvement is $9.9 billion. Despite that, many therapists think that self-help books are useless. Gregg Williams, for example, says that change is hard, improvements happen unevenly, involve many steps and take a lot of time. Nothing even remotely close to what the self-help reads are preaching. Luckily, Johan Deckmann has something that's way better. By day, Deckmann analyzes the human behavior; by night, he writes down his observations as titles for fictional self-help publications. Using books found in antique shops as a canvas, the practicing psychotherapist transforms their boring covers into witty jokes. Even though most of his pieces balance between the hilarious and the poignant, their faded color and worn texture take the readers on an emotional journey of self-reflection and soul-searching.
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"I don't want to love her. I don't like what that means for me." "What do you think it means?" "It means I have something to lose again, and I'm not strong enough for that anymore."
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An exciting twist on more common story structures, the Four Act Structure is one you'll definitely want in your novel writing toolkit.
Searching for forgotten vintage girl names for your princess? Here's a big list of 150 old fashioned girl names you don't hear anymore.
A compilation of architecture concepts created by AI on Midjourney which is a research lab that turns sentences or words into images.
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I asked my audience which things would make them quit a novel.
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Whether your characters are getting into swordfights, falling out of high windows, or escaping dramatic fires, you may be wondering what sort of injuries they would realistically sustain. This guide aims to explain some common injuries in fiction, as well as how to write each one. I did my best to research this (check
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Celebrate the Easter season with our collection of unique Easter Names for boys and girls, including religious names, bunny names, and more
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Ah yes, torturing readers, your favourite hobby!
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Charming, fun, and yet just the right amount of salty, curse words from the 1950s have a certain extra somethin' that many modern day insults seem to lack. Our four letter words and other caustic phrases get the point across, and they certainly have…
Sometimes they’re useful, but some dialogue tags are distracting or jarring. This post is a (hopefully) fun list of my least favourite.
Karen, I hope you understand what occupancy means now - if you still have a job.
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Searching for forgotten vintage girl names for your princess? Here's a big list of 150 old fashioned girl names you don't hear anymore.
Searching for forgotten vintage girl names for your princess? Here's a big list of 150 old fashioned girl names you don't hear anymore.
