If you want to come up with unique ideas, you need to start with unique ingredients.

The ideas on this list have stretched my imagination, and shifted my perspective ever so slightly. My hope is that they may do something similar for you as well.

Consider using them as the secret herbs and spices to your thought process. May they add a bit of proprietary flavor to your creative mix.

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March 2023

• Margaret Atwood at University of Toronto - Margaret Atwood

• Find fascinating people- Henrik Karlsson

• The Ungated Manifesto - Rob Hardy

• The 1,000 Day Molt - Michael Dean

• Fair Tale as MFA Antidote - Lincoln Michel

• Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy - Tim Urban

• Why I write - Isabel

February 2023

• Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly - Adam Mastroianni

• Does the language we speak shape the way we think? - Shelby Smith

• Book Chugging - Camillo

• The Microwave Economy - David Perell

• After Minimalism - David Perell

• Where do you get your ideas? - Neil Gaiman

• How to Write Essays That Spread - Nathan Baschez

• Great writing is invisible - Nat Eliason

• Thoughts on writing - Elizabeth Gilbert

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Books 2023

• The Comfort Crisis - Michael Easte

• Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman

• American Gods - Neil Gaiman

• The Creative Act - Rick Rubin

• Letters on Ethics - Seneca

• The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan

• The Science of Storytelling - Will Storr