I nearly shouted. "Everyone says the same things -- savvy, strategic, seasoned, results-oriented, hard-charging, self-motivated, blah blah blah. Adjectives aren't going to do it. You're going to have to tell your story."
Holly Robinson | Posted 04.30.2012
No matter how long you've been writing, you've probably experienced that panic-induced paralysis known as writer's block. If you want to tame the symptoms of this debilitating condition, here are some home remedies to try.
Karl Gude | Posted 04.06.2012
That's me, at left, listening to campfire stories long ago. "Was your grandmother a lesbian?" I asked. I was responding to a student's question ab...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.11.2011
Drew Westen's leaving race out of his critique of how Barack Obama is playing the game is like leaving computers out of Bill Gates' story, or leaving love out of Paris.
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.05.2011
Political fights in Washington are done for the moment. We're on vacation now. We got to Bristol. My children are full of excitement. And it is time to play ball!
Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.10.2011
Your past, with all its beautiful and haunted memories, is written in your mind. What if you could learn how to access your past and "re-truth" it?
Avital Binshtock | Posted 08.09.2011
The Tree of Life isn't exactly what its trailer suggests. Watch its marketing tool, and you get the idea that it's a poignant story about a young fam...
Allison Hill | Posted 08.09.2011
Over the years, my father demonstrated to me that books offer us solace and escape when nothing else can. He taught me a deep appreciation and gratitude for a good story.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011
I've known and loved Peter Guber for many years, but that isn't the entire story of why I'm so excited about his new book. In fact, not only do I share his passionate belief in the power of narrative, I've based my entire career on it. READ MORE Bill Maher Saves the Oscars... At Least for Me: For my money, this year's Academy Awards telecast was the funniest in ages. No, not because of the show itself, but because I watched the show sitting next to Bill Maher at the Vanity Fair dinner at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Bill kept up a running commentary that put the on-screen patter to shame. READ MORE
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 05.25.2011
I was slow to accept the reality of what I instinctively knew: Memoirists are not a crowd who write personal narratives of blissfully joyous times, of hearts and flowers and romantic love.
Peter Guber | Posted 05.25.2011
Sometimes you have to confront bad news head on. Recently, these folks and brands have been victims, many self-inflicted, of good stories gone bad.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
The past week in politics was, quite obviously, dominated by President Obama's "State Of The Union" speech to Congress. For those of you who may have...
Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011
After working with writers for 15 years, I designed an exercise I call "Log Line For Your Life." A log line is a summation of your story with an emotional hook and a twist of irony.
Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011
We asked the writers these questions: What do you like about writing short stories, and if you also write novels, how do you compare the writing?
Bob Dickman | Posted 11.17.2011
Facts alone are too distant and cold; when facts and emotion combine to produce a story, people will act.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011
One of the key tools for a happiness project, I've discovered, is mindfulness. Which is unfortunate, because I'm a very unmindful person.
Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011
Over nearly forty years that I've spoken out on various causes and written about citizen movements, I've come to believe that people work for justice when their hearts are stirred by specific lives and situations that develop our capacity to feel empathy.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.
Sahar Sepehri | Posted 05.25.2011
On a spring day when chamomiles grow to cover the surrounding mountain hills of Kermanshah, a city on the western provinces of Iran and close to the b...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011
As Steve Jobs says, you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backward. A product like the iPad, can be said to have 'changed the game' only after the game, has, in fact, changed.
TIME | Tristana Moore | Posted 05.25.2011
In a powerful new documentary titled Natascha Kampusch: 3,096 Days' Imprisonment, which was broadcast on the German public television channel ARD on M...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011
Tiger can redeem himself for his audience, but he's got to want to be an authentic hero, not one playing a role. Here are five moves he (or any other burning brand) can make in that direction.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011
Deborah DeNicola approached the spiritual life seriously because of a broken heart. Many of us create crises in order to awaken; iBut, believe it or not, crises are not a requirement.
Katie Saddlemire | Posted 11.17.2011
On Friday, I asked for you to share your Mother's Day Stories, and share you did! While I would have liked to publish them all, here are some that st...
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 11.17.2011
And only if we are authentic with the stories we tell about who we are, and what we love, and what we need, will we know what really matters. Then we can begin to make a difference.
Liz Ryan | Posted 05.03.2012