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June 2025

Why it Works: A Story About the Psychology of Clutter
This editor’s take on one well-crafted story
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Robert Roy Britt
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The Problem with ‘Prevalence’
This word may not mean what you think it means
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Robert Roy Britt
If You Care about Free Speech...
~2,000 'No Kings' protests planned this Saturday across the US
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Robert Roy Britt
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Put the Interesting Stuff First
(Attributions are not the interesting stuff)
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Are Readers Getting Jaded?
Who could blame them given the ubiquity of stories that sound just like all the others?
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May 2025

An Impossible Guide to Confusing Figures of Speech
In which I try not to lose my mind (that's an idiom) defining axioms and aphorisms, comparing mantras to maxims, and distinguishing analogies from…
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Example of a Press Release (and Study ) I'm Skeptical Of
This just in...
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Common Problems with Press Releases
Shortcomings that writers need to know (and PIOs should fix)
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Robert Roy Britt
How the Smallest Idea Can Become a Big Story
If you just start writing, you might be surprised
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Start Somewhere
What to do when you’re story struggles to get off the ground
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April 2025

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