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How to Make Your First $1,000 by Exploiting Aspiring Writers

Can You Predict How Many Readers You Will Have in a Year?

How to Travel Cheap and Long-Term

A Lot of Blogging Advice Is Pure Superstition

Why I’m Glad I’m Still Struggling as a Writer

Dear Perfectionist Blogger — Stop Being so Damn Precious about Your Blog Posts

On multiplatform writing and self-help

On Twitter, Prosopagnosia, and Following Your Passion

On Connecting With Other Writers and Growing Your Twitter Following

Good Writing Is All about Surprise

On Penguins and Writing

3 Types of Block That Keep You From Writing

The Tombstone Test — A Simple Trick to Ensure Sure You’re Not Wasting Your Life

Can a Headline Be Too Good?

Do Horizontal Stripes Really Make You Look Fat? Or Is that Just a Myth?

The Simple Trick to Come up with Writing Ideas

When P***ses Become Skin-Piercing Weapons

3 Big Problems With Binge Writing

Hot Dogs and the Real-World Problem They Solve

You’ll Always Struggle As a Writer and That’s Great!

How Science Explains Ouija Boards

Dear Writer — Your Life Isn’t Boring and It’s Worth Sharing

How a Teenage Girl Destroyed an Entire Nation

Why Most Writing Advice Is (Kinda) Useless

Introducing My Revamped Ko-fi Page

How Messenger Pigeons Work

Why Your Writing Doesn’t Need to Be Great

The Ideomotor Effect — Or How Science Explains Dowsing

Why Some Writers Give up and Others Don’t

What Exactly Are Saturated, Unsaturated, Trans, and Omega-3 Fats?

Why You Can’t Trust Successful Writers and Their Advice

Why I Regret Playing with My Five-year-old Niece

The Creative Cliff Illusion

What Exactly Is Fire? Why Do Things Burn?

Making It As a Blogger Is Way Harder Than You Think

Why Butterflies Suck On Eyeballs

Two Simple Ways to Stand out As a Writer

Can You Really Go Blind from Drinking Bootlegged Alcohol?

3 Reasons Why I’m Glad You’re Writing Too

Supernormal Stimuli — Why TV, Social Media, and the Modern World Captivate You

How Caffeine Works

How to Keep Your Readers Hooked

Why You Always Have Room for Dessert

Why You Don’t Need to Overthink Your Headlines

Why a Time Machine Would Instantly Kill You

Why Third-Place Winners Are Often Happier Than Second-Place Winners

The Best Advice I Got As a PhD Student Applies to Writers Too

Can You Survive an 18,000-Feet Freefall without a Parachute?

FAQ — David B. Clear

How Octopuses Have Sex — It’s Really Weird

Dear Writer —You're an Entertainer First

Why among the People You Date the Most Attractive Ones Tend to Be Jerks

Golden Rice — Science’s True Superfood

7 Advantages of Combining Writing with Another Art Form

How I Became a Nuclear Refugee

The One Emotion to Be Wary of As a Writer

Why Dogs Kick Dirt In The Air After Pooping

Why Is the Ocean Salty?

How to Ensure Readers Root for and Not against You