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I Am Going to Scream!
I think I need anti-anxiety meds. For weeks, I have been trying to set up a domain. I have created it, purchased it, and added it to all my platforms. Then I pointed my domain to my Substack and paid for that. Then I analyzed my platforms. I want to get everything streamlined.
By Alexandra Grant5 months ago in Writers
Creativity Is Synthesis, Not Spontaneity
The False Image of the Sudden Idea Creativity is often imagined as something sudden, mysterious, and self-contained. The common picture is a flash of inspiration that arrives whole, clean, and complete, as if the creative person simply receives the idea and writes it down before it disappears. Under that view, real ideas are supposed to feel untouched by process. They are supposed to appear naturally, without visible effort, refinement, conversation, revision, or struggle. Anything that emerges through articulation, outside feedback, tools, or repeated attempts can then be treated as less authentic because it did not arrive in its final form.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Writers
Is Anybody Reading Our Vocal Stories Or Do They Just Like The Pictures?
Introduction Three months ago I saw and amazing photograph of a hill close to where I holiday, shared it in a residents group and it got a lot of likes and a few comments on Facebook. This was the poem:
By Mike Singleton š Mikeydred 5 months ago in Writers
The Hand That Reached Back
The path was already there, though I could not remember stepping onto it. It opened beneath my feet as if the world had been waiting for me to notice it. Grass leaned softly against my ankles, bright with the kind of green that looks impossible until it is right in front of you. The air was warm, but not heavy. Sunlight poured through the high leaves in broken streams, touching the ground in gold and then disappearing again beneath patches of shade. It was not a field, but it was open like one. It was not a forest, but it breathed like one. The place refused to be only one thing. It stretched wide enough to run and deep enough to get lost. It gave room to laugh, but kept secrets between the trees.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Writers
Invitation to Post on My Bulletin Board for Writers
Writers are invited to post links to their articles on my Bulletin Board for Writers with no strings attached. I have been an online writer for over two decades and have written for several sites over the years. Writing is my full-time job. To earn an income, I need readers. Therefore, I post links to all my articles on a bulletin board on Facebook that I created. The board is not only for my own articles but also for other writers who wish to post their links.
By Margaret Minnicks5 months ago in Writers
Why Your Phone Could Be Your Biggest Asset or Your Biggest Distraction
Most people say they want success. They want financial freedom. More income. More opportunities. More control over their future. They talk about building businesses, creating content, learning skills, and changing their lives.
By Aaliyah Oyedijo5 months ago in Writers
How Web Application Development Services Improve User Experience
Web application development services play an important role in improving the user experience (UX) of modern digital platforms. As more businesses depend on web applications to connect with customers and manage operations, the performance and quality of these applications strongly affect how users interact with them and how they view the brand. This article highlights how web application development services help enhance user experience in different ways.
By Sammy Clarke5 months ago in Writers
Authorship vs Refinement
Much of the confusion surrounding artificial intelligence and writing comes from a failure to distinguish between two fundamentally different acts: originating ideas and refining their expression. These acts are often treated as interchangeable, as though whoever touches the final form must also be the source of the thought itself. That assumption does not reflect how writing has ever worked, nor does it reflect how human thinking actually unfolds.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Writers
Expression vs Distortion
One of the most persistent frustrations in communication is the gap between what a person intends to say and what others actually receive. This gap exists regardless of intelligence, sincerity, conviction, or depth of understanding. Someone can hold an idea with clarity internally, yet watch it arrive distorted, flattened, reduced, or misinterpreted once it is expressed. The failure is often blamed on the idea itself, when the deeper issue is frequently translation.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Writers
