The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience

Writer Porn: Standing Desks, Binge Reading, and James Patterson s MasterClass

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This week, award-winning, globe-trotting travel journalist Adam Skolnick returns as guest host for another edition of Writer Porn, where we discuss pertinent, writerly paraphernalia that has crossed our collective radar.

 

Adam is the author and co author of 25 Lonely Planet guidebooks. He has also written for publications as varied as the New York Times, ESPN, Men’s Health, Outside, and Playboy.

He recently finished his first narrative non-fiction book — based on his award-winning New York Times coverage of the death of the greatest American free diver of all time — titled One Breath (slated for publication in January).

In this 41-minute file Adam Skolnick and I discuss:

  • What is Writer Porn?
  • How to Counteract the Negative Effects of Sitting All Day
  • Why You Think Better on Your Feet
  • Is Binge Reading Online Making Us Dumber?
  • How Taking Notes by Hand Might Boost Comprehension
  • Why Relaxing Your Process Can Help Your Productivity
  • Learn How to Write a Bestseller with James Patterson
  • Is the MasterClass Startup onto Something Huge?
  • Adam Skolnick s Patterson MasterClass Experiment
  • How to Listen to Moby Dick for Free

    • The Show Notes

    • “Inside the Perilous, Marvelous World of Competitive Free Diving,” Adam Skolnick for Playboy
    • Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?
    • Everything Science Knows Right Now About Standing Desks
    • Yoga Hacks: How to Undo the Damage of a Desk Job
    • 5 Things You re Doing Wrong At Your Standing Desk
    • You Won t Finish This Article
    • Binge Reading Disorder
    • James Patterson s MasterClass in Writing
    • The Moby-Dick Big Read on iTunes
    • AdamSkolnick.com
    • Adam Skolnick on Instagram
    • Adam Skolnick on Twitter
    • Writer Porn on Twitter
    • Kelton Reid on Twitter

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