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Are you facing writing challenges like…

  • Consistency – “I struggle to sit down and write regularly.”

  • Clarity – “I have tons of ideas, but I struggle to express them”

  • Engagement – “I want people to care more about what I write.”

  • Storytelling – “I don’t know how to structure my ideas in ways that resonate.”

  • Creativity – “I know I have something original to say, but my ideas feel stuck.”

  • Conversion – “I’m struggling to write in a way that compels people to take action.”

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Hunting The Muse
Rage against the machine: 4 ways writers can fight back and use AI responsibly
Rage against the machine: 4 ways writers can fight back and use AI responsibly

An in-text jiu-jitsu match between a writer and GenAI, as the writer discovers how to use AI tools responsibly (without selling out).

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Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 creative writing rules changed how I write stories
Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 creative writing rules changed how I write stories

These eight witty writing rules from a literary master can help you through storytelling roadblocks, edits, and give your writing meaning.

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Making the case for hypnagogia — the creative hack bosses hate
Making the case for hypnagogia — the creative hack bosses hate

What is hypnagogia, the creative state used by geniuses like Dalí and Edison? Discover how it boosts problem-solving and creativity (plus, how to justify a desk nap like a pro).

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Write headlines that hook: 6 principles from psychology, publishing, and poetry
Write headlines that hook: 6 principles from psychology, publishing, and poetry

Don’t write your next headline without reading this.

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Feeding the lake: How personal content still wins in the age of AI
Feeding the lake: How personal content still wins in the age of AI

When AI can spew up an article in seconds, is writing becoming meaningless? Here’s why content needs to be personal to reach audiences more than ever (and why online writers should keep the faith).

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10 Ageless Ogilvy lessons for today’s writers and marketers
10 Ageless Ogilvy lessons for today’s writers and marketers

The principles of “the father of advertising," are still relevant today. Here are ten timeless writing lessons from the man himself.

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The Museletter

Your creative companion if you vibe with practical, personal, and sometimes strange takes on writing and creativity.

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Hey, I’m Tom

My goal with Hunting the Muse is to help writers with the hardest parts of their craft: ideation, editing, strategy, and story.

How? By writing to teach myself—and hitting publish when I think it will help you too.

  • There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action. And there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost.

    Martha Graham

  • The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to discover those jewels––that's creative living.

    Elizabeth Gilbert

  • Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, well-known thing, which is over-looked by everyone, as something new.

    Friedrich Nietzsche

  • Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

    Albert Einstein

  • The person who learns the most in any classroom is the teacher.

    James Clear

  • A person who rarely gets bored, who does not constantly need a favourable external environment to enjoy the moment, has passed the test for achieving a creative life.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • When we forget to use visualization and imagination, it is like not using our mind.

    Jose Silva

  • Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

    Pablo Picasso

  • Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worry. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.

    T. Harv Eker