Alan Dybner, who was a strike captain during the 2007-2008 strike and is now a marriage and family therapist, says that one way to deal with stress is to "try not to compare yourself to your fellow ...

Journalists are no strangers to the horrors of a blank page — staring at it, wanting to tear it apart and hoping words could magically appear. Writer’s block, though on occasion dismissed as laziness ...

In an era where everyone with a laptop thinks they’re destined for literary stardom, the art of self-editing remains the secret weapon separating the amateurs from the pros. Think of it as the ...

Have you ever sat down to brainstorm a story idea, only to feel like every concept you come up with has been done a thousand times before? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? And while AI tools like ChatGPT ...

This post was paid for by an advertiser. The Herald-Dispatch newsroom was not involved in its creation. There’s no shortage of time-saving tools in 2025. From calendar apps and timers to ...

Writer's block, characterized by a prolonged inability to generate written content or a feeling of creative stagnation, affects writers across genres and disciplines. It is a common and often ...