Radiolab’s “Parasites”

Radio and TV have incredible power. But until the last decade they were always constrained by time and signal power. You had to listen when the station broadcast it, and you had to listen where you could pick up the signal.  Living out in the boonies we don’t get good radio or TV reception (no I don’t subscribe to

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“The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination” by J.K. Rowling

This is J. K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement speech, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.” It’s one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard. Watch and then watch again. Read the full text here. Two quotes that in no way can do justice to the whole thing. And so rock bottom

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How to Write a Story that Rocks

Folks, a huge thanks goes to Stephen Nelson for putting all this together. You may kiss his hand when you see him. This is a recording of “How to Write a Story that Rocks,” a two-hour seminar Larry Correia and I just put on at the annual BYU’s Life, The Universe, & Everything symposium. I think we

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“The Art of Suspense” by Ken Follett

I heard this a few years ago and LOVED it. Ken Follett is a master of suspense. Notice how he starts by talking about the emotion produced in the reader and getting readers emotionally involved in a story. He knows exactly what effect he’s trying to product. He also talks about how to determine whether an

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