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Why Do Humans Need to Keep Writing?

On November 7, 2025 By stsampsonIn Musings2 Comments

All humans have lived experiences that we relate to one another with words: We live truths worth telling. Consider the example of a 12-year-old boy, singing at a nursing home in December 1983.

Are Resumes Ever True?

On February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Reflections on telling nonfiction from nonsense.

Why Words Matter

On July 16, 2017December 19, 2023 By stsampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

There's a very real sense in which words have conjured the world as we know it. Which is why we should treat them with care.

Life Is a True Story

On June 11, 2017September 16, 2017 By stsampsonIn Fatherly Advice4 Comments

Your life is a story you get to write. You have to be true to the hard realities, but there's room for artistic license.

Your Mind is a Nonfiction Writer

On June 29, 2016November 20, 2017 By stsampsonIn Words, Words, Words3 Comments

Your mind is in the business of constantly creating stories. Are you editing them?

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