When it comes to productivity and entrepreneurs, the world is obsessed with morning routines. This is certainly understandable—how you begin your day often sets the tone for how successful your day will be. But what about nighttime routines? It can be argued that while a good morning routine can set your day up for massive […]

“If you think you’re in the wrong place, you’re there.” Not the typical email you’d expect to receive from a company’s head of marketing, and yet the next day, standing in front of double doors covered in nonsensical graffiti, I don’t think twice. This is undoubtedly Grado Labs, where the Grado family, founded by master […]

It turns out that nothing seems to inspire community-minded entrepreneurs like travel. Take Aunna Wilson, who returned from a trip a trip to India determined to help girls who were getting bad information about reproductive health. She went on to found Pasand, which educates young women about their bodies. Or Andy Moon, who has spent […]

The best writers’ group I ever belonged to reminded me of something you see in movies. We ate hummus, grapes, olives with pits, and hunks of dark chocolate as we gave each other updates on what we were working on. Then we would write for 30 minutes and share what we’d just created on the […]

Those of us who were trying to make a living during the Great Recession know that absolutely nothing is sacred. No one was safe. Now, living in a post-recession world, we’re more careful than ever with our hard earned money. Interest rates recently increased, which is a good sign for the economy, but that doesn’t […]

You’ve submitted more Shouts & Murmurs essays than you can remember. You write spec scripts for TV comedies all the time. You’re constantly releasing Vines, YouTube videos, and tweets. Your dream is to be hired as a full-time comedy writer. But what does it really take? What are you doing wrong? What are you doing […]