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May 26, 2021 World Building / YouTube

World Building: Brandon Sanderson’s BYU 2020 lecture series

This leading fantasy author is renowned for his complex fantasy worlds. In this six-part series for students at Brigham Young

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May 3, 2021 Books / Literature / YouTube

“we will need writers who can remember freedom”: ursula k le guin at the national book awards (2014)

During the #AtoZ Blog Challenge of April, I started following Susanna J Sturgis of Write Through It, and she brought

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April 18, 2021 2021 A to Z Challenge / YouTube

2021 A to Z: Extra Bonus Content – Sesame Street

In the middle of doing the A to Z Blog Challenge, I can’t help hearing Big Bird singing the Alphabet

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August 27, 2018 Around Town / Font / research / Ted Talks / Typography / YouTube

Off the Wall: Faded Ghost Ads

Instead of looking down at your phone screen, why not “look up” and see what’s hidden in the flaked paint

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September 19, 2017 Language / Ted Talks / Writing / YouTube

10 TED Talks for Writers … on creativity, process, storytelling, and passion

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story Andrew Stanton: The Clues to a Great Story Amy Tan:

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June 7, 2016 author interview / Writing / YouTube

Umberto Eco: Advice to the Young

Best-selling Italian novelist Umberto Eco here advises aspiring writers not to take themselves too seriously, but to go step by

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May 20, 2016 Friday Fun / Grammar / YouTube

Friday Fun: Word Crimes (video) by Weird Al

This is one of my favorite Weird Al parodies. Hope you enjoy the Friday Fun!

March 31, 2016 Font / Typography / YouTube

The History of Typography – Animated Short

Looking through YouTube, I found this really cool Animated Short about ‘the history of typography’. Enjoy! A paper-letter animation about

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