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Ep. 158: LISTENER CALLS: The Story of My First Book Deal

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Working Within the Constraints of the Genre

i'm interested in the pragmatic non fiction equivalent of auture theory in film. Orion, i think he wrine is a great example of this of keeping the form simple and clear. And then letting the writing do the work of actually affecting the person. So that's what i'm doing with this new one. The lesus to still it down to one word. Incredibly simple. Get the motivation to a prologue. Get the whole, like hear's idea, down to just one chapter. Use all the new muscles i've been building ut to new york or to be clear and well crafted and balanced and momentum going. Just see where it goes.

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