News from Sarah Painter
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Tired and emotional
Yesterday was a very emotional day; It was my daughter’s leavers’ assembly at primary school and I spent the entire day crying on and off. I actually cried myself to sleep last night and I woke up today with a tension headache and the bulbous eyes of an alien.* So…
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Book News: The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman
Hello! I’m up to my eyebrows in rewrites and this post might not be coherent so I’ll keep it short. If you want to feel a bit happier, but talk of goal-setting and thinking positively just makes you feel more neurotic, lethargic and anxiety-ridden, Oliver Burkeman’s new book might of…
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Storytelling tips from Andrew Stanton
In this TED talk filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Toystory, Wall-E) outlines his thoughts on storytelling, including the importance of beginning with a story promise and why telling a story is like telling a joke. [Via Arghink]