literature

Best corporate culture and workplace literature to better your workplace experience. Journal's favorite stories.

Novel Writing In The Age Of Internet
When was the last time you noticed that your attention span had dropped in recent years? Have you ever noticed it? I notice it every day. The sheer abundance of information, series, films, and books have changed something in me over the years.
By René Junge5 years ago in Journal
"A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery" | a departure from Bible Fanfiction and a venture into Science Fiction
The word “art” can encompass many things. If you are an academic or a “Renaissance Man/Women” then when you hear the word “art” or “the arts” you may think of the theater, literature, painting and sculpture, classical music etc. For art majors or art history majors it may be a little more in-depth than what subject you are discussing and the beautiful dresses. But I will admit that I do love admiring the dresses also, whether it be in paintings, theater or dance.
By Liv Atterson5 years ago in Journal
Ideas To Combat Writers' Block
Think upside down To think upside down is to look at your problem from a new angle. Changing your perspective can allow you to see clearly and find solutions that were hiding in the shadows of standard perception.
By The Creative Chimera 5 years ago in Journal
Death's Cleric
NOTE: This is a story originally posted on Wattpad.com. I own all rights to this story, as I am the author. It is another mundane Monday morning for Ted. He is locked away in a pristine office cubicle. Papers litter his desk, scattered as such to mimick a teen's dirty laundry. The industrial white ceiling and lights glow above him, while the ducts overhead hum softly.
By Ronin5 years ago in Journal
How My Training As A Nurse Made Me A Better Writer
I am a nurse turned freelance writer. But to tell you the truth, I actually believe I've always had the writer in me, long before I ever became a nurse.
By Rick Martinez5 years ago in Journal
The Challenge that broke the machine
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so the old maxim goes. That is, unless you recently participated in the Little Black Book Challenge.
By Scott D. Williams5 years ago in Journal
A Writer's Disease
My name is Dane, I think I’m a cool guy but I think something’s wrong with me. The camouflaged signs and symptoms were present but ignorance ushered me through them. Similar to drugs for a druggy I got high by writing.
By Rocky Taormina5 years ago in Journal
How I Am Using the Coronavirus Pandemic to Become a Better Writer
I am blessed. I have been given the ability to see the positives in this negative situation. During this pandemic, my writing has improved because the time I have to write has increased greatly.
By SWS5 years ago in Journal
A Tragic, Yet, Inspiring Story of a Mother and a Daughter Who Founded a Moleskin-Notebook Company
Maria Franceschi, 48, sat in her luxurious café in Beijing. She looked into the skyscrapers that had covered the sky of the city. Thinking of learning some words in Chinese, she installed a language app on her phone.
By Massùod Hemmat5 years ago in Journal
Dealt Kindly
There’s something liminal about being behind the bar of a hotel, especially high end spaces used to host upper echelon parties, business groups in the area from their respective homes in desperate corporate America, looking for a taste of the lifestyle of the beautiful, dirty and rich. I can see them pulling at their suits pulled straight from the rack, fitting but not tailored, pants that are just a little too long and nice shoes that are in desperate need of repair, despite their polish. When lined up at the bar drinking over-priced well whiskey, they seem nervous- as though someone would be able to point them out as an imposter, destroy the fragile anonymity that is afforded to the travelers who pass through the doors of the hotel.
By Cass McLean5 years ago in Journal
Full Tilt
"Then, he pulled his head out of the horse's ass and told me it was the winner," the man sitting to my left said. "Let me get this straight. You spent all day looking up horses butts to see how they were sweating?" I said.
By Adam Rodgers5 years ago in Journal
Remember.
February 1st 2021 Dear journal, The one before you had so much suffering in her pages. Reading back on them I can clearly see the cycles I was enduring. The surfacing of painful trauma and the unearthing of ugly truths. The bubbling up of emotions buried deep until the pain was so intense, I had no choice but to let them go.
By Sarah Darling5 years ago in Journal