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How to Get Back to Writing

Jane Friedman

When I finished my MFA in 2005, I didn’t write for a year. Had I known about that event in 2005, I would have crawled into bed and not come out until December 1st. Photo by Monstera. Today’s post is by author Matthew Duffus ( @DuffusMatthew ). Set a challenge. No, I don’t mean NaNoWriMo. Instead, I set a reading challenge.

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Are You Sure You Don’t Have an Author Platform?

Jane Friedman

So, I signed up for some creative nonfiction classes and had several chapters in drafts of various stages when I learned that I needed a book proposal before submitting to the publishers. Since 2005, whenever someone searched “Samantha Smith,” they’d come to my website or the YouTube channel.

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Will Humans Merge With AI?

Content Hacker

In his book “The Singularity is Near” (2005) and its more recent sequel, “The Singularity is Nearer” (2024), Kurzweil lays out a roadmap of technological advancements he believes will lead us to this singularity. This means it will be indistinguishable from a human being in a conversation.

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How to Edit Your Résumé in 7 Steps

Grammarly

This means writing statements like “Coordinated meetings between the creative team and clients” rather than “I coordinated meetings between the creative team and clients.” Self-Employed / IT Provider March 2005 – December 2019, Los Angeles, CA Provided IT support for small and medium businesses. Oversee client app development.

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Most Popular YouTube Channels & Searches of 2023

Backlinko

Billion Views) Subscribers: 169 million Main language: English Date of creation: September 12, 2005 Most popular video to date: Bath Song | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs Cocomelon (also stylized as CoComelon) is a YouTube channel specializing in 3D animation videos of traditional nursery rhymes and original children’s songs.

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How Niche Communities Are Changing Online Conversations

Neil Patel

Since its creation in June 2005, it’s grown to over 100,000 threads called “subreddits.” Are you a professional creative? What started as a conference in 2005 has turned into one of the largest online niche communities. One of the biggest niche community platforms is Reddit. Redditors hate self-promotion.

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Lessons Learned From 11 Years As An Author Entrepreneur

The Creative Penn

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. More in my future of creativity articles and resources.]. Look at how dominant internet business and web 2 companies are in 2022, and compare that to 2005. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.