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Great Lines: Emily Brontë

May 11, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Emily Brontë captures the wondrous transience of the bluebell.

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May 11, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Emily Brontë, To A Bluebell, Bluebells, Magical, Spectacular, Transience
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Hamlet

May 04, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

The phrase ‘To be, or not to be’ combines devices to pose the quintessential, existential question.

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May 04, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Language, Writing
Craft, Language, Writing

The Power of Privacy

April 27, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Idea, Action, Impression, Image

Writer Michelle Ruiz highlights an empowering benefit to guarding one’s privacy.

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April 27, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Privacy, Power, Self-empowerment
Reflection, Idea, Action, Impression, Image

'The Truth About Waking Up'

April 20, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action

Elrod offers a simple yet radical proposal that one gains exponentially from deciding to wake up,
instead of needing to.

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April 20, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning, Habits, Self-Development
Idea, Action

Great Lines: William Carlos Williams

April 13, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Image, Language, Writing

‘The Red Wheelbarrow’ comprises a mere four lines which carry a weight of meaning.

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April 13, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Imagism, Modernism, Poetry, William Carlos Williams, The Red Wheelbarrow
Craft, Image, Language, Writing

Great Lines: TS Eliot

April 06, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Language, Craft, Writing

TS Eliot’s The Waste Land is 100 years old—and oddly relevant still, in our perplexing post-industrial age.

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April 06, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
TS Eliot, The Waste Land, Centenary
Language, Craft, Writing

The Bridgerton Allure - Part 3: The Series

March 30, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Impression, Media

The repeated anticipation of guaranteed satisfaction is what the series offers the world—a generous gift lavished upon us all.

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March 30, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Bridgerton, Series, Seasons, London Social Season, Novels, Julia Quinn
Idea, Impression, Media

'Spring Tiredness': It's a Thing

March 23, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Language, Reflection

The spring is commonly known to elicit a lethargic and even melancholic response, as the German word articulates.

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March 23, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Spring, Tiredness, Frühjahrsmüdigkeit
Idea, Language, Reflection

Jim Kwik: Technology and the Brain

March 16, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression

Kwik offers useful insights into the effects of modern technology on the brain.

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March 16, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Jim Kwik, Limitless, Brain, Training, Digital, Technology, Effects
Idea, Reflection, Impression

Steinbeck on the Writer's Purpose

March 09, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Writing, Craft, Action

Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize speech challenges writers to reflect both the worst and the best man can be, in a quest to better humanity.

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March 09, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize, Literature, Speech, Writer, Purpose
Reflection, Writing, Craft, Action

'Let's Keep Working Our Corners'

March 02, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Image, Action

An inspiring, collective call to action from teacher Ursula Wolfe-Rocca.

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March 02, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Ukraine, Current Events, Anxiety, Action, Analogy, Work, Good, Corners, World, Globe
Idea, Image, Action

More Great Lines: William Wordsworth

February 23, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Wordsworth personifies daffodils as a ‘golden’, ‘dancing’ multitude.

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February 23, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Daffodils, Personification, Spring, Flowers
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: F. Scott Fitzgerald

February 16, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

The Beautiful and Damned (1922) prefigures the grand, flowing movements of the Gatsby narrative.

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February 16, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
F Scott Fitzgerald, Writing, Language, Imagery, The Great Gatsby
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Ted Hughes

February 09, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

A small, white, mighty sign that life begins again.

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February 09, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Ted Hughes, Poetry, Writing, Snowdrop
Craft, Language, Writing

'Whatever You Can Imagine Exists'

February 02, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action

The imagination literally is potential.

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February 02, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Imagination, Creation, Manifestation, Potential, Rhonda Byrne, Srimad Bhagavatam, Genesis, Werner Heisenberg, Quantum Physics
Idea, Reflection, Action

Queer Eye and the Power of Metaphor

January 26, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Idea, Reflection

It’s a force for good, to be quite sure.

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January 26, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queer Eye, Fab Five, Civic, Social, Work, Improvement, Life, World, Perspective, Colour
Media, Idea, Reflection

How to Master Essay Structure

January 19, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Writing

Structure can be controlled and automated—fixed—in advance, when students have a clear method to follow.

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January 19, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Master, Essay, Structure, Method
Craft, Writing

To All the Writers

January 12, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action, Writing, Self-styling

To be a writer, you only need to believe it.

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January 12, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Writer, Writers, Writing, Identity, Belief, Realization
Idea, Action, Writing, Self-styling

How to Write a Summary

January 05, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Writing

Here are 5 steps to write a summary efficiently.

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January 05, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Summary, Writing
Craft, Writing

22 Ways to Be New

December 29, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action, Self-styling

To be new, do new.

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December 29, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
New Year, New, Newness, Fresh Start, Framing
Idea, Action, Self-styling
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