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Nine Ways Legendary Writers Achieved Mastery

Nine Ways Legendary Writers Achieved Mastery

by Dan Jeffries | Mar 2, 2016 | Books, Writing, Enlightenment, How-Tos, Psychology | 1 comment

This is an early excerpt from my forthcoming book on writing: The Fire of Creation I recently re-read the amazing book “Daily Rituals: How Artists Work” and it got me thinking about what master writers do differently than everyone else. What does it take...
Just Do the Work

Just Do the Work

by Dan Jeffries | Apr 9, 2014 | Uncategorized, Writing, Psychology, Satori | 2 comments

So you want to be a writer? Maybe you have dreamed of people mobbing you at a book signing as you write, “thanks for believing in me” over and over. Perhaps you dreamed of a fan telling you that your story meant more to them than anything in the whole...
How I Predicted the Breaking Bad Ending

How I Predicted the Breaking Bad Ending

by Dan Jeffries | Oct 1, 2013 | Art, Books, Drugs, Uncategorized, Writing, Education, Enlightenment, How-Tos, News, Psychology, Reviews, Satori, TV | 0 comments

Sometimes being a writer can ruin stories for you because you can see endings coming a mile away. Unfortunately, I sometimes forget this is not the case for my friends and I totally killed the Breaking Bad ending for a few folks by predicting every beat. Some people...
On Killing Your Favorite Characters

On Killing Your Favorite Characters

by Dan Jeffries | Sep 22, 2013 | Art, Uncategorized, Writing, Education, Psychology | 0 comments

So, I just killed one of my favorite characters today. It’s done and she’s never coming back. As for me, I can’t write another word in that book right now. I need time to sit back, process it. After eight months of working up to the scene I saw it...
Learning to Say No

Learning to Say No

by Dan Jeffries | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized, Enlightenment, Psychology | 0 comments

So, you say you don’t have enough time to do the things that you want to do. In fact what you’ve done is filled your life with meaningless shit. I know. I’ve done it myself. A lot. The problem is most of the things you’ve taken on just...
The Pain of Art

The Pain of Art

by Dan Jeffries | Sep 5, 2013 | Art, Drugs, Uncategorized, Writing, Enlightenment, Psychology, Satori | 0 comments

Artists feel pain differently. We’re not like other people. Sometimes when I’m out with friends, the slightest insult might wound me deeply. Inside I know it’s ridiculous, there’s nothing wrong, but at the emotional level I’m suffering....
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