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		<title>Better Storytelling Through Structure</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2011/09/23/better-storytelling-through-structure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talk a lot about ways to tell better stories, but one of the aspects I rarely discuss is story structure.  That&#8217;s because structure is one of those underlying mechanisms that works best when it doesn&#8217;t stand out, so it can be hard to find an obviously good example that&#8217;s also a compelling tale. Luckily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ego, Cynicism and Bad Reviews: What I Learned by Peeking at My Bounce Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2010/08/18/ego-cynicism-and-bad-reviews-what-i-learned-by-peeking-at-my-bounce-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2010/08/18/ego-cynicism-and-bad-reviews-what-i-learned-by-peeking-at-my-bounce-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I shared what I learned by blogging weekly instead of daily.  Judging by the high volume of traffic, retweets and comments that post generated, people are very interested in what makes someone else&#8217;s blog tick. One comment that caught my eye was from Virginia Nussey, who said: I shared your findings with my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Media Success: Making the Audience Care</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2010/06/07/the-secret-to-media-success-making-the-audience-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished the first book I&#8217;ve devoured in more than a decade. Mark Harris&#8217;s Pictures at a Revolution details the making of the 5 Best Picture nominees at the 1968 Academy Awards, from their initial concepts through their critical and public reception.  Two of those films, In the Heat of the Night and Guess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Blog-Writing Guide You Need</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2010/03/15/the-only-blog-writing-guide-youll-ever-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2010/03/15/the-only-blog-writing-guide-youll-ever-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.justinkownacki.com/?p=1907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do yourself a favor: stop reading Copyblogger.  If you really want to learn how to blog, read Chuck Klosterman&#8217;s Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs; it&#8217;s the only writing guide you&#8217;ll ever need, because it has nothing to do with writing and everything to do with making ultra-personal, compulsively readable arguments about anything. Why This Book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephenie Meyer, Twilight and the Very Bleak Future of Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/12/22/stephenie-meyer-twilight-and-the-very-bleak-future-of-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/12/22/stephenie-meyer-twilight-and-the-very-bleak-future-of-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, The Baltimore Sun&#8216;s book blogger Dave Rosenthal proclaimed the &#8217;00s &#8220;the Stephenie Meyer decade&#8221; &#8212; a move destined to manufacture heated debates and, naturally, more traffic to the paper&#8217;s site.  His post predictably stirred the passions of 15-year-old gi&#8230; er, 32-year-old women, who finally found a national cause they could rally behind.  (Sorry, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Y&#8217;All Stupid.</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/11/04/yall-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, a disclaimer: I&#8217;m a language snob.  I may use a wide variety of frowned-upon slang, obscure localisms and creatively-worded profanity, but I also know the difference between a complete sentence and a formless vomiting-up of consonants. If only that were the norm. Over the past decade, society&#8217;s general appreciation of language has taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things I Learned at the 2009 Small Press Expo</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/28/10-things-i-learned-at-the-2009-small-press-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/28/10-things-i-learned-at-the-2009-small-press-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, I attended my first Small Press Expo, which is (according to its website) North America&#8217;s Premiere Independent Cartooning and Comic Book Arts Festival.  My friends Rachel and Josh went last year and they loved it, and since Baltimore is only an hour away from the event&#8217;s Bethesda ballroom, I joined them on this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Determines Value?</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/23/who-determines-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a purposely provocative blog post, MCM argues that all content is essentially worthless.  The crux of the argument is the variation in price that different distributors attach to content &#8212; for example, a hardcover book is sold for $25, but a paperback for $10.  Is the content within that paperback book really worth $15 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not a Curmudgeon; I Just Have Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/14/im-not-a-curmudgeon-i-just-have-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/14/im-not-a-curmudgeon-i-just-have-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, lately I&#8217;ve called bullshit on Twitter, mocked the self-indulgence of SXSW and found infinite fault with Socialnomics.  I&#8217;ve also admonished the social media community for talking too much and doing too little (of any lasting value).  I&#8217;ve even been drafted to host a session at PodCamp Pittsburgh 4 called &#8220;Pissing People Off to Encourage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling Bullshit on Socialnomics</title>
		<link>http://www.justinkownacki.com/2009/09/10/calling-bullshit-on-socialnomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like thousands of web surfers, I was recently intrigued by the snappy video promoting Erik Qualman&#8216;s Socialnomics.  I work in social media, so I was interested to read what I presumed would be an analysis of how social media is directly impacting business and the world economy. Alas, this is not that book. And I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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