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The Only 3 Writing Skills You Actually Need (And Why the Rest Is Noise)
What Are the Basic Skills You Actually Need to Write a Novel? People love making lists about writing. You need strong characterization.
By Jinabout a month ago in Writers
I’m Over 70 and I Started Posting Online. Here’s What Surprised Me Most.
After 70, You Can Still Create Content: A Guide for Older Adults Many people think content creation belongs to the young. Spend time in the comments on Toutiao, Douyin, or WeChat Channels, and you will see something else. A large group of creators over 70 publish steadily. They do it well. They do not chase trends. They do not rely on twists. They do not manufacture anxiety. They write about what they bought at the market. They photograph flowers in the park. They talk about bickering with a spouse and making up. Young people cannot produce this material in the same way. They have not lived it.
By Jinabout a month ago in Writers
The Worry.. Content Warning.
I didn’t mean to write thirty‑seven stories. It just… happened. One minute I was sitting there on September eighth thinking, “Hey, I’ll enter this challenge,” and the next thing I knew, I was knee‑deep in plot ideas, caffeine, and whatever leftover brain cells my kids hadn’t stolen from me. I blinked, and suddenly I had a whole damn library of stories published.
By Syl De'Vilabout a month ago in Writers
Why Your Paralysis Is Lying to You
Let me paint you a picture. You're standing at the edge of something - a new career, a difficult conversation, a gym membership you've had since January that's been collecting more dust than results. And instead of moving, you freeze. You overthink. You scroll. You convince yourself that the "right moment" is just around the corner.
By Narghiza Ergashovaabout a month ago in Writers
The Mind Games of Writing. Top Story - September 2026.
Every writer knows this moment. The document is open, the cursor keeps blinking away, and the blank page suddenly feels bigger than every idea bouncing around inside your head. The story is already there, at least in some form, yet the first sentence often feels harder to write than the final hundred pages of a completed manuscript.
By Christian Bassabout a month ago in Writers
I Made $20,000 on Tomato. Then I Watched It Choose AI Over Writers.
On September 7, Tomato released new rules. I was lurking in several writers’ groups. Messages came one after another. Some posted screenshots. Some cursed. Some said, “I’m done writing.” I checked my own dashboard. August earnings: 100 yuan. Around Chinese New Year, it was still 5,000 a month. I had one or two million-word books. I ran them for a year or two. Now this.
By Jin2 months ago in Writers
Remote Work Resorts
Let me be brutally honest: the traditional office is dying a slow, painful death, and frankly, it's about time. After spending the better part of two decades watching corporate Australia cling to outdated work models like a security blanket, I've witnessed something extraordinary unfold over the past few years. The pandemic didn't just force us to work from home - it exposed the glaring absurdity of forcing talented people into sterile cubicles for eight hours a day, five days a week.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Measuring Value
You are an employee that goes beyond the "craft to execution" and "problem-solving to initiative". You bring strategic impact along with your market vision that directly influences that company's bottom line. But your rank and net pay in the hands of your employer does not change. Not because you are not valuable to them but because they can not afford your services at the market rate nor can they re-design the upper echelon to accommodate your growth and talents without causing "waves". If you give far too much for the same old, you are the majority of the talent stuck within dormant companies that have no systems of recognition of talent based on merit.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Are You Building a Career or Just a Brand?
Let’s face it: we’re all living double lives. There’s the version of you that gets up, does the work, and delivers results. And then there’s the curated, polished, LinkedIn-friendly version of you - the one who seems effortlessly successful, constantly grinding, and always "on." Over time, it feels like this second version of ourselves has taken center stage. We’ve become performers in our own career dramas, and honestly, the show is exhausting.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Digital Graveyard Confessions
I used to pour my morning coffee, open my laptop, and genuinely trust the words staring back at me. Now, I sip my brew with a heavy dose of suspicion. I am being haunted. Not by spirits, but by soulless algorithms masquerading as articles written by ChatGPT otherwise referred as journalists that often name me in them for ranking. I am featured rich, poor, an aggresor or a victim depending who has written it.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
A Man's Guide to Thriving
The truth about aging hits different when you're staring at your reflection one morning and wondering when your eyebrows decided to go rogue. While Troy Breiland hilariously captures the "follicular betrayal" of middle age in his recent piece about men falling apart, there's another side to this story - one where you don't just survive the changes, but actually master them.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Addicted to Dirt?
It's 2 AM. My eyes are dry, my head hurts, and my laundry is growing sentient mold in the washer. I swore you'd just check one quick update, but now I know the complete voting history of a senator from a state you've never even visited.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers