Memorize some poems
I took a class in college on poetry. I wasn’t a poet, nor did I want to be a poet, but my creative writing advisor thought that writing poetry might…
I took a class in college on poetry. I wasn’t a poet, nor did I want to be a poet, but my creative writing advisor thought that writing poetry might…
The question I get asked most often is “How do you get so much done?”I’m working on a proposal for a book that answers that very question in great detail.…
One of the books I hope to write in the next couple years will be a nonfiction account of my attempt to try things that I was once did in…
The latest Harris and Pew polls indicate that the fastest growing religious belief is no religious belief at all. For the first time since these polls have been taken, “no…
On episode #45 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling!In our followup segment, we offer some corrections on previous episodes and read an email from…
I spent two days in Burlington, Vermont earlier this week, teaching attorneys to tell stories and prepare witnesses and clients to tell stories. I took a few photographs while I…
Chase your dreams but also try new things. Ever since I was 17 years old, I was chasing my dreams of being a professional writer. In 1987, I was writing…
I’d like to officially dispense with the phrase:“That’s billion with a B.”I'd like to eliminate it from the world forever. Make it extinct. Destroy every bit of it.Have you ever…
Is there anything better than a six year-old boy falling asleep while reading his book?
I was teaching storytelling at MIT yesterday. It was a long but exciting day. In addition to teaching two workshops, I received an amazing tour of their new nanotechnology facility,…