Writing is Dead (Again).

The year is 2011. I’m sitting in a university lecture hall waiting to hear from the former editor of a national newspaper. By the time this lecture ends, I will have learned two important things: If you plan on being a journalist after university, pick another career – because writing is dead. If you plan…

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How I fell out of love with writing

It’s been a while. Close to a year. So, where have I been? The simple answer is – I fell out of love with writing. The complex answer involves creative burnout and the two types of writing. Let’s start with the complex. When I think of creative burnout, I think of The Oatmeal’s comic ‘Creativity…

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