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Roxane Gay Shares Writing Tips: On Finding the Why

By Roxane Gay — 2019

Everyone has a story to tell. Join best-selling author Roxane Gay to find your story, craft your truth, and write to make a difference. See more...

05:14 min

05:29

Casually Explained: The Creative Process

They say you write how you think, which is why my word documents are usually blank.

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2018
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Lessons Learned from the Onion’s Creative Process | Brian JANOSCH | TEDxBloomington

What you already know is that The Onion is a comedy institution. But what might surprise you is that for 30 years it’s also been one of America’s most consistent and effective idea factories.

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2019
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16:43

The Creative Process of a Master Artist | William Kentridge | TEDxJohannesburgSalon

Virtuoso artist William Kentridge treats the TEDxJohannesburg audience to a masterclass on his creative process. William’s practice is born out of a cross-fertilisation between mediums and genres.

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2016
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04:57

Margaret Atwood's Creative Process | Big Think

For the author, it’s not a question of sitting around and wondering what to write; it’s a question of deciding which of the "far-fetched and absurd" ideas she’s going to try to tackle.

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2011
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05:28

Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow? —Matthew Kalil

In this Film Courage video interview, Screenwriter/Instructor and The Three Wells of Screenwriting Author Matthew Kalil on Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow?

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2020
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01:42

The Gap by Ira Glass

A video on the importance of 'taste' in creativity and storytelling.

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2016
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10:22

How Modern Work Pressure Distorts Our Identity | Burnout

In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.

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2019
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15:25

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers | Adam Grant

How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals — including embracing failure.

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Adam Grant
2016
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13:38

Natalie Goldberg: The Great Spring and Writing Down the Bones

Banyen Books & Sound and VPL co-hosted Natalie Goldberg for a book launch on March 14th, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Natalie Goldberg
2016
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03:18

Can You Boost Your Creativity?

How attention and focus affects creative thinking.

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2014
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