Why Writers Seldom Become TV/Film/Publishing Executives

…And it ain’t cuz we’re too good looking for the gig:

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The Bias Against Creatives as Leaders – by Heidi Grant Halvorson

Two candidates are being interviewed for a leadership position in your company. Both have strong resumes, but while one seems to be bursting with new and daring ideas, the other comes across as decidedly less creative (though clearly still a smart cookie). Who gets the job? read article

Einstein’s Gift for Fantasy

We think the older Einstein probably fantasized too. Just a bit anyway:

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by Michael Michalko

Think of how Albert Einstein changed our understanding of time and space by fantasizing about people going to the center of time in order to freeze their lovers or their children in century-long embraces. This space he imagined is clearly reminiscent of a black hole, where, theoretically, gravity would stop time. Einstein also fantasized about a woman’s heart leaping and falling in love two weeks before she has met the man she loves, which lead him to the understanding of acausality, a feature of quantum mechanics. A caricature of special relativity (the relativistic idea that people in motion appear to age more slowly) is based on his fantasy of a world in which all the houses and offices are on wheels, constantly zooming around the streets (with advance collision-avoidance systems). read article

Merry Christmas! Enjoy Some Holiday Video Cheer!

You want it, we got it. Holiday classic videos guaranteed to delight!

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Stuff & Things You didn’t Know About A CHRISTMAS STORY

We just made our first visit to thefw.com, and are we glad we did:

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by Danny Gallagher

Director Bob Clark’s classic holiday comedy has a distinction that few family movies can claim: Most people don’t mind watching it over and over again. read article

Just Your Typical Feel-Good Christmas Video

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Except nobody sees it that way but, you know, us:

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