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Writing has always been the way I process ideas—I often say, “I think with a pencil.” Early in my career, I wrote about my practice simply for myself as a way to keep perspective, capture new ideas, ...

Kurt Vonnegut once said that every story has a shape. He famously drew them out; the rise and fall of fortunes, the emotional arcs that make us human. But if he were alive today and scrolling through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linda Murphy, a Massachusetts woman who battled ALS, has become a posthumous viral sensation for her humorous self-written ...