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Bonus: Storytelling for the screen: A lecture from the Paris Writing Workshop
“You do not have to feel beholden to the formula, but you do have to know the formula” – Benjamin Percy In this episode...
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Benjamin Percy on how comics and movies teach the best lessons about telling stories
“You have to think about the shelf-life of the tension you’re creating. There should be a bigger mystery on the other side of that...
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Why travel guidebooks still matter (and how to best use them on the road)
“To go off the beaten path, I use a guidebook.” – Pauline Frommer, quoting a young reader In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and...
An insider’s guide to traveling America’s National Parks in the 21st century
“All the crowds gravitate towards the name-brand national parks, and even within those parks there’s a handful of famous hikes or viewpoints that everybody...
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Van Life before #VanLife: Rolf unpacks his very first vagabonding journey
“I will never have another vagabonding journey that compares to that first one — even though I have since traveled to far more exotic...
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Ryan Holiday on how to conceive, research, and write a “Big Idea” book
“Most people do not wake up and think, ‘I need more philosophy in my life.’ They do wake up and think ‘I have a...