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  • career vs. creative writing: lessons in productivity

    career vs. creative writing: lessons in productivity

    During the pandemic, Taylor Swift famously put out some of the best (in my opinion) work of her career. Locked away in one of several mansions, she created furiously, dreaming of meadows and love and fairy tales, and spun it all into sun-dappled, daydream-fueled albums. For her, solitude was an opportunity, and she embraced it…