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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Writing.

Video playlists about Writing

Incredibly soothing TED Talks

The voices of these speakers are sure to gently pull you in with their warm delivery.

Great TED Talks to inspire fiction writing

Fun writing prompts in the form of some fascinating TED Talks.

How language changes over time

Language isn’t set in stone. It changes all the time -- and in turn, our language changes us. These talks explore how new words come to be.

12 talks from authors

These well-known writers weave beautiful words on the page ... and on the stage.

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Talks about Writing

How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Cheryl Strayed

Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?

Emily Dickinson

What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

How creative writing can help you through life's hardest moments

Soraya Field Fiorio

The rise and fall of history's first empire

If trees could speak

The race to decode a mysterious language

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany

Rebekah Bergman

First person vs. Second person vs. Third person

Beth Ann Fennelly

How literature can help us develop empathy

Laurel Braitman

The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers

How to use creative writing to bear witness

Soraya Field Fiorio

Who was the world's first author?

Charlie Jane Anders

Go ahead, dream about the future

Iseult Gillespie

The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir

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Exclusive articles about Writing

How writing about difficult experiences can help you take back your power

We've all kept silent about painful things -- whether they're things that happened to us or things we've seen happen to others. By writing about them, we can start to defuse their memory and reclaim our agency, says writer Sakinah Hofler.

Posted Jun 2020

12 delightful, insightful quotes about reading, writing and storytelling, from TED Talks

Over the years, many writers and storytellers have given great TED Talks. Here, we’ve assembled 12 of our favorite quotes from them.

Posted Oct 2019

Helpful advice for aspiring writers of all ages

Being a writer is all about expressing your unique perspective with feeling and originality, not about having a huge vocabulary or getting published, says author Jacqueline Woodson. She shares a little of what she's learned in the process of writing a lot (30+ books!).

Posted Sep 2019

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