Guest Prompt

That Looks Like A Prompt

TAoN No. 183: Artist David Zinn's canvas is never blank. And more

Mar 25 •

Try the Wrong Sense

TAoN No. 181: A guest prompt from author Bianca Bosker on beating your "filter of expectation." Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

Feb 25

The Rest Is Nuance

TAoN No. 180: Attention insight from writer/educator Anne Quito. And more.

Feb 11 •

TAoN No. 173: A guest prompt from the awesome Kate Bingaman-Burt! Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

Nov 4, 2024 •

How (and Why) to Ask "Craft Questions"

TAoN No. 149: A prompt from author — and now podcaster — Dan Heath. Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

Dec 4, 2023 •

Nature, Everywhere

TAoN No. 132: Ideas from the author of a new book about the "urban wild." Plus a new icebreaker, and more.

Apr 10, 2023 •

Collecting Everyday Joy

TAoN No. 116: A lovely idea (and a discount code!) from Ingrid Fetell Lee. Plus a new Missing Word. And more.

Jul 25, 2022 •

The Smell Test(s)

TAoN No. 100: Author Jude Stewart on keeping an olfactory journal — and improving your nose. Plus a new icebreaker, and more.

Jan 25, 2022 •

Appreciate A Rando

TAoN No. 88: A prompt from Anne Kadet. PLUS: Flotsam & jetsam & Susan Orlean; a new icebreaker, and more

Oct 18, 2021 •

Listen To Your Listening

TAoN No. 82: Better listening with Ximena Vengoechea. Plus a new icebreaker, and more.

Sep 6, 2021 •

Looking Out, and Looking In

TAoN No. 79: McKinley Valentine on connecting the internal to the external, and vice versa. PLUS: Event reminder, a new icebreaker, and more.

Aug 2, 2021 •

Thoughts on Thoughts

TAoN 75: Some metacognition from Subtle Maneuvers' Mason Currey. PLUS: A new Missing Word, and more

Jul 5, 2021 •

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