Creativity and writing
Writing is
lot, getting the words down is just the final stage. It’s the way to shape to the writing you’ve already been doing in your head.
with past versions of yourself.
Michelle Woo suggests keeping a notebook to capture all the random ideas that pop up and then putting time on the calendar to go back through that notebook later. After all, sometimes ideas just need time to simmer.
Before drafting an email or story,
: “After reading this, I want the reader to ________.”Michael Thompson suggests using the statement as your North Star, a strategy he learned from entrepreneur Conor Neil. It’s good to have a North Star before going into a job interview, too.