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Two paths down two seemingly separate hallways leads to the same exit, marked 'MLitt.' One exit is labeled 'Dunning-Kreuger,' the other 'Imposter Syndrome.' The caption reads: "The illusion... of free choice."

A little 9-minute something about:

  • Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
  • Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love
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A comic featuring two figures (Left and Right). In the first panel, Left says to Right, "yeah so i went to go visit my friend-" Right interrupts Left with, "bro's genes told him to get friends" In the second panel, Left stares, bewildered; Right's face is neutral, believing they have said nothing wrong.

OoOoOoOoOo your genes determine that you will read to the end to learn about OoOoOoOoOo:

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A Shell station at the Balhaldie service area.

Read to the end for literary constipations such as:

  • Two guys on a motorway discuss quitting their job;
  • Britain’s only fully-automated luxury petrol station (powered by AI, of course);
  • My commentary: how I feel being back in the saddle.
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A dotted page; a pen has been lifted from it. In the middle, the words, "Have I truly become a writer?" have been written.

If you read to the end, right now, within my lifetime, ‘cos I can’t be doing this for all eternity, you’ll get these three consternations for the price of one:

  • Oh, hey, I might get to write for a living;
  • Recognising my flaws as a storyteller, and what I can do about ’em;
  • Things you can expect on this blog soon…
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  • I tried to read Getting Things Done. It’s a slog, but it does have one thing worth remembering;
  • Productivity is about being more deliberate about what you do, not about doing more;
  • Whenever we see a piece of productivity advice, we should ask – “Productivity to what kinds of political ends?”
  • I’m writing a story. Maybe I’ll publish it one day…
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