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406:root {
407  --wt-primary-color: #08E8DE;
408  --wt-text-on-primary-color: #000000;
409
410  --wt-secondary-color: #08E8DE;
411  --wt-text-on-secondary-color: #2C2C2C;
412
413  --wt-tertiary-color: #FFFFFF;
414  --wt-text-on-tertiary-color: #222222;
415
416  --wt-background-color: #FFFFFF;
417  --wt-text-on-background-color: #030712;
418
419  --wt-subscribe-background-color: #FFFFFF;
420  --wt-text-on-subscribe-background-color: #2C2C2C;
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424  --wt-button-font: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";
425
426  --wt-border-radius: 6px
427}
428
429.bg-wt-primary { background-color: var(--wt-primary-color); }
430.text-wt-primary { color: var(--wt-primary-color); }
431.border-wt-primary { border-color: var(--wt-primary-color); }
432
433.bg-wt-text-on-primary { background-color: var(--wt-text-on-primary-color); }
434.text-wt-text-on-primary { color: var(--wt-text-on-primary-color); }
435.border-wt-text-on-primary { border-color: var(--wt-text-on-primary-color); }
436
437.bg-wt-secondary { background-color: var(--wt-secondary-color); }
438.text-wt-secondary { color: var(--wt-secondary-color); }
439.border-wt-secondary { border-color: var(--wt-secondary-color); }
440
441.bg-wt-text-on-secondary { background-color: var(--wt-text-on-secondary-color); }
442.text-wt-text-on-secondary { color: var(--wt-text-on-secondary-color); }
443.border-wt-text-on-secondary { border-color: var(--wt-text-on-secondary-color); }
444
445.bg-wt-tertiary { background-color: var(--wt-tertiary-color); }
446.text-wt-tertiary { color: var(--wt-tertiary-color); }
447.border-wt-tertiary { border-color: var(--wt-tertiary-color); }
448
449.bg-wt-text-on-tertiary { background-color: var(--wt-text-on-tertiary-color); }
450.text-wt-text-on-tertiary { color: var(--wt-text-on-tertiary-color); }
451.border-wt-text-on-tertiary { border-color: var(--wt-text-on-tertiary-color); }
452
453.bg-wt-background { background-color: var(--wt-background-color); }
454.text-wt-background { color: var(--wt-background-color); }
455.border-wt-background { border-color: var(--wt-background-color); }
456
457.bg-wt-text-on-background { background-color: var(--wt-text-on-background-color); }
458.text-wt-text-on-background { color: var(--wt-text-on-background-color); }
459.border-wt-text-on-background { border-color: var(--wt-text-on-background-color); }
460
461.bg-wt-subscribe-background { background-color: var(--wt-subscribe-background-color); }
462.text-wt-subscribe-background { color: var(--wt-subscribe-background-color); }
463.border-wt-subscribe-background { border-color: var(--wt-subscribe-background-color); }
464
465.bg-wt-text-on-subscribe-background { background-color: var(--wt-text-on-subscribe-background-color); }
466.text-wt-text-on-subscribe-background { color: var(--wt-text-on-subscribe-background-color); }
467.border-wt-text-on-subscribe-background { border-color: var(--wt-text-on-subscribe-background-color); }
468
469.rounded-wt { border-radius: var(--wt-border-radius); }
470
471.wt-header-font { font-family: var(--wt-header-font); }
472.wt-body-font { font-family: var(--wt-body-font); }
473.wt-button-font { font-family: var(--wt-button-font); }
474
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477li a { word-break: break-word; }
478
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483  }
484
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486    width: 100% !important;
487  }
488}
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544  p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; }
545</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Readers,</span></p></div><style>
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547</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">when it comes to unconventional paths, Chuck Palahniuk is a champion: from journalist to mechanic to celebrated 
547writer. </span></p></div><style>
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549</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">If his name doesn't immediately ring a bell, his most successful novel </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Fight Club</i></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> surely will.</span></p></div><style>
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551</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let me take you through his life journey and explore some of his top essays on Substack.</span></p></div></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>BIO</b></span><br><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>Why </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>Chuck Palahniuk</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>?</b></span></h1></div><div style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;"><div style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;"><img alt="" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:85%;border-radius:15px;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/9a8214ac-131c-4f5e-af22-bbbe455a8cc8/CHP.jpeg?t=1739293954"></div></div><style>
552  p span[style*="font-size"] { line-height: 1.6; }
553</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Chuck Palahniuk</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> is an American novelist, blogger, and creative writing teacher. </span></p></div><style>
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555</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">He is best known for his bestseller Fight Club, as well as other major works such as Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke. </span></p></div><style>
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557</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">His journey to becoming a writer has been anything but linear; after graduating with a degree in journalism, Palahniuk worked as a diesel mechanic for thirteen years before eventually achieving success as a novelist. </span></p></div><style>
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559</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the web, he primarily writes on his blog, </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="link" href="https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;">Plot Spoiler</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">, where he explores writing-related topics, his journey as a writer, new journalism, and modern society.</span></p></div><style>
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561</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Topics</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">
561: Careers, Writing, Life, Creativity, Journalism</span><br></p></div></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>3 ESSAYS TO GET YOU STARTED</b></span><br><span style="color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>1 - </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><a class="link" href="https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/here-we-go-again?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;"><b>Here We Go Again</b></a></span></h1></div><style>
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563</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">An exploration of recurring cycles of life's challenges and unexpected comforts, reveals how familiar struggles shape our resilience. </span></p></div><style>
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565</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">The wild story of how Chuck </span>Palahniuk<span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"> worked for a truck manufacturing company before becoming a writer.</span></p></div><div style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;"><div style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;"><img alt="" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:60%;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f2d65a1f-6fa1-4c34-bdc6-540c0c7ea3f4/PH_-_ID.jpg?t=1739290391"></div></div><style>
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567</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">I find myself returning to this raw, unfiltered reflection on life's patterns time and again.</span></p></div><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;"><div style="background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;"><div style="left"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><i>“ </i></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>In 1986 I’d wanted to become a writer — a fiction writer, but I wasn’t picky so I’d studied journalism in college. The only reporting job I could find paid five dollars an hour. My car was falling apart — damn four-cylinder, overhead-cam engines! — and my school loan payments were overdue. My last couple hundred dollars went to buy the Snap-on tools I was required to bring to work at the truck assembly plant. Just passing the drug test was a minor miracle. After a year — only one year! — of bolting trucks together, my plan was to move to Seattle or anywhere I might find a job in journalism. I was at Freightliner for the next thirteen years. My name misspelled the whole time. While there I began writing bullshit in the greasy notebook I kept at my work station for recording fastener torque specifications. </i></span></p><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I wrote “The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club…” Most days we had to roll out between seventeen and twenty-seven finished trucks, but on that slow afternoon I managed to write a short story that became Chapter Six in a novel eventually called…. </i></span></p><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>That’s how fast your life can change. One minute you’re a bossed-around, spat-on pissant, and the next… You’re inside your own wildest dream.</i></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><i>”</i></span></p></div><div style="padding-top:12;text-align:left;"><small style="color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"></small></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>2 - </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><a class="link" href="https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;"><b>Dangerous Writing:</b></a></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><a class="link" href="https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;"><b>Nothing Good Comes From Nothing</b></a></span></h1></div><style>
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569</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">In "Dangerous Writing," Chuck Palahniuk looks at the dangerous side of creative writing and shows how words can both change and upset us.</span></p></div><style>
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571</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s not only for aspiring fiction writers but for everyone willing to explore his inner self through writing. </span></p></div><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;"><div style="background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;"><div style="left"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><i>“This is what it takes to write a good book. My best writing teacher, Tom Spanbauer, taught me as much. Tom called it “Dangerous Writing,” and by that he meant that a writer had to explore an unresolved personal issue that couldn’t be resolved. A death, for instance. Something that seemed personally dangerous to delve into.</i></p><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><i>By doing so the writer could exaggerate and vent and eventually exhaust the pain or fear around the issue, and that gradual relief would keep the writer coming back to work on the project despite no promise of a book contract or money or a readership.”</i></p></div><div style="padding-top:12;text-align:left;"><small style="color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"></small></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>3 - </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><a class="link" href="https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/learn-it-forget-it-use-it?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;"><b>Learn It, Forget It, Use It </b></a></span></h1></div><style>
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573</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pahlaniuk challenges the traditional view of learning by arguing that clinging too tightly to techniques can stifle creativity. </span></p></div><style>
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575</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead, he suggests that true creative growth comes from absorbing ideas, letting go of rigid rules, and then using that knowledge in fresh, personal ways. </span></p></div><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;"><div style="background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;"><div style="left"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>“My theory is: Learn it. Forget it. Use it.</i></span></p><p style="color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>
575Don’t feel as if you have to keep all storytelling techniques front and center all the time. Please trust that if you explore a technique and become fully aware of it, that technique will bubble up in a strange, innovative way when you need it. Even fifty years later.”&nbsp;</i></span></p></div><div style="padding-top:12;text-align:left;"><small style="color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"></small></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>BONUS</b></span><br><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><b>#</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;"><a class="link" href="https://genius.com/Chuck-palahniuk-guts-annotated?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;"><b>Guts</b></a></span></h1></div><style>
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577</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">I can assure you that this piece is rough, raw… And </span><span style="color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">perhaps the most infamous story by Chuck Palahniuk.</span></p></div><style>
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579</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you're looking for something that captures Palahniuk's style, "Guts" is the way to go; his first shocking short story that got him expelled from a writing course.</span></p></div></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>WHAT IS WORTH CHECKING THIS WEEK?</b></span></h2></div><style>
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581</style><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;"><p style="color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of the most interesting things we found on the internet this week:</span></p></div><div style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;"><ul style="color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 25px;padding:0;"><li style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;"><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digital Drugs Have Us Hooked with Dr. Anna Lembke - Great Interview with the author of “Dopamine Nation” [</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j46DvZy4vdg&amp;list=PLdMrbgYfVl-s5c4ug8qDCNmdmSKPvr-Pi&amp;index=2&amp;utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;">The Interview</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">]</span></p></li><li style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;"><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">This startup is building foundation models for spreadsheets and databases that outperform the most known models [</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="link" href="https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/02/prior-labs-raises-e9-million-for-foundation-models-for-spreadsheets-and-databases/?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;">EU-Startups</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">]</span></p></li><li style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;"><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elon Musk emails</span><span style="color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> to </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">OpenAI cofounders</span><span style="color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> back in 2018 [</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="link" href="https://x.com/TechEmails/status/1878519855680307525?utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;">Internal Tech Emails</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">]</span></p></li><li style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;"><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">OpenAI's $14 million </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhb5pEo_j0&amp;utm_source=webworthreading.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;">Super Bowl ad</a></span></p></li></ul></div></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;"><div style="padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#0ad5d2;font-family:Inter, Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>SUGGESTION BOX</b></span></h2></div><style>
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602writer. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf his name doesn\u0026#39;t immediately ring a bell, his most successful novel \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e surely will.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLet me take you through his life journey and explore some of his top essays on Substack.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIO\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:85%;border-radius:15px;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/9a8214ac-131c-4f5e-af22-bbbe455a8cc8/CHP.jpeg?t=1739293954\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e is an American novelist, blogger, and creative writing teacher. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHe is best known for his bestseller Fight Club, as well as other major works such as Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHis journey to becoming a writer has been anything but linear; after graduating with a degree in journalism, Palahniuk worked as a diesel mechanic for thirteen years before eventually achieving success as a novelist. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eOn the web, he primarily writes on his blog, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003ePlot Spoiler\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e, where he explores writing-related topics, his journey as a writer, new journalism, and modern society.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTopics\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;
602\"\u003e: Careers, Writing, Life, Creativity, Journalism\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 ESSAYS TO GET YOU STARTED\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/here-we-go-again?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere We Go Again\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eAn exploration of recurring cycles of life\u0026#39;s challenges and unexpected comforts, reveals how familiar struggles shape our resilience. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eThe wild story of how Chuck \u003c/span\u003ePalahniuk\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e worked for a truck manufacturing company before becoming a writer.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:60%;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f2d65a1f-6fa1-4c34-bdc6-540c0c7ea3f4/PH_-_ID.jpg?t=1739290391\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI find myself returning to this raw, unfiltered reflection on life\u0026#39;s patterns time and again.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“ \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1986 I’d wanted to become a writer — a fiction writer, but I wasn’t picky so I’d studied journalism in college. The only reporting job I could find paid five dollars an hour. My car was falling apart — damn four-cylinder, overhead-cam engines! — and my school loan payments were overdue. My last couple hundred dollars went to buy the Snap-on tools I was required to bring to work at the truck assembly plant. Just passing the drug test was a minor miracle. After a year — only one year! — of bolting trucks together, my plan was to move to Seattle or anywhere I might find a job in journalism. I was at Freightliner for the next thirteen years. My name misspelled the whole time. While there I began writing bullshit in the greasy notebook I kept at my work station for recording fastener torque specifications. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wrote “The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club…” Most days we had to roll out between seventeen and twenty-seven finished trucks, but on that slow afternoon I managed to write a short story that became Chapter Six in a novel eventually called…. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat’s how fast your life can change. One minute you’re a bossed-around, spat-on pissant, and the next… You’re inside your own wildest dream.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDangerous Writing:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNothing Good Comes From Nothing\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIn \u0026quot;Dangerous Writing,\u0026quot; Chuck Palahniuk looks at the dangerous side of creative writing and shows how words can both change and upset us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s not only for aspiring fiction writers but for everyone willing to explore his inner self through writing. \u
602003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This is what it takes to write a good book. My best writing teacher, Tom Spanbauer, taught me as much. Tom called it “Dangerous Writing,” and by that he meant that a writer had to explore an unresolved personal issue that couldn’t be resolved. A death, for instance. Something that seemed personally dangerous to delve into.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy doing so the writer could exaggerate and vent and eventually exhaust the pain or fear around the issue, and that gradual relief would keep the writer coming back to work on the project despite no promise of a book contract or money or a readership.”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/learn-it-forget-it-use-it?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn It, Forget It, Use It \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ePahlaniuk challenges the traditional view of learning by arguing that clinging too tightly to techniques can stifle creativity. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eInstead, he suggests that true creative growth comes from absorbing ideas, letting go of rigid rules, and then using that knowledge in fresh, personal ways. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“My theory is: Learn it. Forget it. Use it.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t feel as if you have to keep all storytelling techniques front and center all the time. Please trust that if you explore a technique and become fully aware of it, that technique will bubble up in a strange, innovative way when you need it. Even fifty years later.” \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e#\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://genius.com/Chuck-palahniuk-guts-annotated?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026utm_medium=referral\u0026utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuts\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI can assure you that this piece is rough, raw… And \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eperhaps the most infamous story by Chuck Palahniuk.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf you\u0026#39;re looking for something that captures Palahniuk\u0026#39;s style, \u0026quot;Guts\u0026quot; is the way to go; his first shocking short story that got him expelled from a writing course.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT IS WORTH CHECKING THIS WEEK?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eSome of the most interesting things we found on the internet this week:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 25px;padding:0;\"\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eDigital Drugs Have Us Hooked with Dr. Anna Lembke - 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602writer. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf his name doesn't immediately ring a bell, his most successful novel \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e surely will.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLet me take you through his life journey and explore some of his top essays on Substack.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIO\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:85%;border-radius:15px;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/9a8214ac-131c-4f5e-af22-bbbe455a8cc8/CHP.jpeg?t=1739293954\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e is an American novelist, blogger, and creative writing teacher. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHe is best known for his bestseller Fight Club, as well as other major works such as Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHis journey to becoming a writer has been anything but linear; after graduating with a degree in journalism, Palahniuk worked as a diesel mechanic for thirteen years before eventually achieving success as a novelist. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eOn the web, he primarily writes on his blog, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003ePlot Spoiler\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e, where he explores writing-related topics, his journey as a writer, new journalism, and modern society.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; 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602\"\u003e: Careers, Writing, Life, Creativity, Journalism\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 ESSAYS TO GET YOU STARTED\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/here-we-go-again?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere We Go Again\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eAn exploration of recurring cycles of life's challenges and unexpected comforts, reveals how familiar struggles shape our resilience. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eThe wild story of how Chuck \u003c/span\u003ePalahniuk\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e worked for a truck manufacturing company before becoming a writer.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:60%;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f2d65a1f-6fa1-4c34-bdc6-540c0c7ea3f4/PH_-_ID.jpg?t=1739290391\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI find myself returning to this raw, unfiltered reflection on life's patterns time and again.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“ \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1986 I’d wanted to become a writer — a fiction writer, but I wasn’t picky so I’d studied journalism in college. The only reporting job I could find paid five dollars an hour. My car was falling apart — damn four-cylinder, overhead-cam engines! — and my school loan payments were overdue. My last couple hundred dollars went to buy the Snap-on tools I was required to bring to work at the truck assembly plant. Just passing the drug test was a minor miracle. After a year — only one year! — of bolting trucks together, my plan was to move to Seattle or anywhere I might find a job in journalism. I was at Freightliner for the next thirteen years. My name misspelled the whole time. While there I began writing bullshit in the greasy notebook I kept at my work station for recording fastener torque specifications. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wrote “The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club…” Most days we had to roll out between seventeen and twenty-seven finished trucks, but on that slow afternoon I managed to write a short story that became Chapter Six in a novel eventually called…. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat’s how fast your life can change. One minute you’re a bossed-around, spat-on pissant, and the next… You’re inside your own wildest dream.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDangerous Writing:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNothing Good Comes From Nothing\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIn \"Dangerous Writing,\" Chuck Palahniuk looks at the dangerous side of creative writing and shows how words can both change and upset us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s not only for aspiring fiction writers but for everyone willing to explore his inner self through writing. \u
602003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This is what it takes to write a good book. My best writing teacher, Tom Spanbauer, taught me as much. Tom called it “Dangerous Writing,” and by that he meant that a writer had to explore an unresolved personal issue that couldn’t be resolved. A death, for instance. Something that seemed personally dangerous to delve into.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy doing so the writer could exaggerate and vent and eventually exhaust the pain or fear around the issue, and that gradual relief would keep the writer coming back to work on the project despite no promise of a book contract or money or a readership.”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/learn-it-forget-it-use-it?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn It, Forget It, Use It \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ePahlaniuk challenges the traditional view of learning by arguing that clinging too tightly to techniques can stifle creativity. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eInstead, he suggests that true creative growth comes from absorbing ideas, letting go of rigid rules, and then using that knowledge in fresh, personal ways. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“My theory is: Learn it. Forget it. Use it.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t feel as if you have to keep all storytelling techniques front and center all the time. Please trust that if you explore a technique and become fully aware of it, that technique will bubble up in a strange, innovative way when you need it. Even fifty years later.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e#\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://genius.com/Chuck-palahniuk-guts-annotated?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuts\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI can assure you that this piece is rough, raw… And \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eperhaps the most infamous story by Chuck Palahniuk.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf you're looking for something that captures Palahniuk's style, \"Guts\" is the way to go; his first shocking short story that got him expelled from a writing course.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT IS WORTH CHECKING THIS WEEK?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eSome of the most interesting things we found on the internet this week:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 25px;padding:0;\"\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eDigital Drugs Have Us Hooked with Dr. Anna Lembke - 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602writer. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf his name doesn't immediately ring a bell, his most successful novel \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e surely will.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLet me take you through his life journey and explore some of his top essays on Substack.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIO\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:85%;border-radius:15px;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/9a8214ac-131c-4f5e-af22-bbbe455a8cc8/CHP.jpeg?t=1739293954\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Palahniuk\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e is an American novelist, blogger, and creative writing teacher. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHe is best known for his bestseller Fight Club, as well as other major works such as Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eHis journey to becoming a writer has been anything but linear; after graduating with a degree in journalism, Palahniuk worked as a diesel mechanic for thirteen years before eventually achieving success as a novelist. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eOn the web, he primarily writes on his blog, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003ePlot Spoiler\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e, where he explores writing-related topics, his journey as a writer, new journalism, and modern society.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; 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602\"\u003e: Careers, Writing, Life, Creativity, Journalism\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 ESSAYS TO GET YOU STARTED\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/here-we-go-again?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere We Go Again\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eAn exploration of recurring cycles of life's challenges and unexpected comforts, reveals how familiar struggles shape our resilience. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eThe wild story of how Chuck \u003c/span\u003ePalahniuk\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e worked for a truck manufacturing company before becoming a writer.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" style=\"margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:60%;\" src=\"https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f2d65a1f-6fa1-4c34-bdc6-540c0c7ea3f4/PH_-_ID.jpg?t=1739290391\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI find myself returning to this raw, unfiltered reflection on life's patterns time and again.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“ \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1986 I’d wanted to become a writer — a fiction writer, but I wasn’t picky so I’d studied journalism in college. The only reporting job I could find paid five dollars an hour. My car was falling apart — damn four-cylinder, overhead-cam engines! — and my school loan payments were overdue. My last couple hundred dollars went to buy the Snap-on tools I was required to bring to work at the truck assembly plant. Just passing the drug test was a minor miracle. After a year — only one year! — of bolting trucks together, my plan was to move to Seattle or anywhere I might find a job in journalism. I was at Freightliner for the next thirteen years. My name misspelled the whole time. While there I began writing bullshit in the greasy notebook I kept at my work station for recording fastener torque specifications. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wrote “The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club…” Most days we had to roll out between seventeen and twenty-seven finished trucks, but on that slow afternoon I managed to write a short story that became Chapter Six in a novel eventually called…. \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat’s how fast your life can change. One minute you’re a bossed-around, spat-on pissant, and the next… You’re inside your own wildest dream.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDangerous Writing:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/dangerous-writing?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNothing Good Comes From Nothing\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIn \"Dangerous Writing,\" Chuck Palahniuk looks at the dangerous side of creative writing and shows how words can both change and upset us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s not only for aspiring fiction writers but for everyone willing to explore his inner self through writing. \u
602003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This is what it takes to write a good book. My best writing teacher, Tom Spanbauer, taught me as much. Tom called it “Dangerous Writing,” and by that he meant that a writer had to explore an unresolved personal issue that couldn’t be resolved. A death, for instance. Something that seemed personally dangerous to delve into.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy doing so the writer could exaggerate and vent and eventually exhaust the pain or fear around the issue, and that gradual relief would keep the writer coming back to work on the project despite no promise of a book contract or money or a readership.”\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 - \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/learn-it-forget-it-use-it?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn It, Forget It, Use It \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ePahlaniuk challenges the traditional view of learning by arguing that clinging too tightly to techniques can stifle creativity. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eInstead, he suggests that true creative growth comes from absorbing ideas, letting go of rigid rules, and then using that knowledge in fresh, personal ways. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:#0ad5d2;padding-bottom:19px;padding-left:19px;padding-right:19px;padding-top:19px;border-radius:9px;border:1px solid #030712;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"left\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“My theory is: Learn it. Forget it. Use it.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:23px;margin:0;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t feel as if you have to keep all storytelling techniques front and center all the time. Please trust that if you explore a technique and become fully aware of it, that technique will bubble up in a strange, innovative way when you need it. Even fifty years later.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-top:12;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003csmall style=\"color:#030712;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:normal;line-height:42px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e#\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',Baskerville,Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://genius.com/Chuck-palahniuk-guts-annotated?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuts\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eI can assure you that this piece is rough, raw… And \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eperhaps the most infamous story by Chuck Palahniuk.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIf you're looking for something that captures Palahniuk's style, \"Guts\" is the way to go; his first shocking short story that got him expelled from a writing course.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0AD5D2;font-family:Inter,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT IS WORTH CHECKING THIS WEEK?\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eSome of the most interesting things we found on the internet this week:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 25px;padding:0;\"\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eDigital Drugs Have Us Hooked with Dr. Anna Lembke - Great Interview with the author of “Dopamine Nation” [\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j46DvZy4vdg\u0026amp;list=PLdMrbgYfVl-s5c4ug8qDCNmdmSKPvr-Pi\u0026amp;index=2\u0026amp;utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003eThe Interview\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e]\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eThis startup is building foundation models for spreadsheets and databases that outperform the most known models [\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/02/prior-labs-raises-e9-million-for-foundation-models-for-spreadsheets-and-databases/?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003eEU-Startups\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e]\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eElon Musk emails\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eOpenAI cofounders\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#222222;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;\"\u003e back in 2018 [\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://x.com/TechEmails/status/1878519855680307525?utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003eInternal Tech Emails\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e]\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eOpenAI's $14 million \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhb5pEo_j0\u0026amp;utm_source=webworthreading.com\u0026amp;utm_medium=referral\u0026amp;utm_campaign=chuck-palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;color:#030712;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline #0ad5d2;word-break:break-word;;\"\u003eSuper Bowl ad\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background-color:transparent;border-color:#0AD5D2;border-radius:15px;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;margin:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;padding:5.0px 5.0px 5.0px 5.0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2A2A2A;font-family:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:Bold;line-height:36px;margin:0;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0ad5d2;font-family:Inter, Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:0.8rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUGGESTION BOX\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e\n  p span[style*=\"font-size\"] { line-height: 1.6; }\n\u003c/style\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"color:#2D2D2D;color:var(--wt-text-on-background-color) !important;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eWe’re grateful for feedback of any kind, please don’t he
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