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The Shower Effect

Your think tank might be closer than you know...

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Rob Archer
May 27, 2025
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I’ve noticed a pattern. When I’m stuck on a plot twist, tangled in a stubborn essay paragraph, or feeling like the poetry valve has rusted shut, some of my best breakthroughs don't arrive at my desk, but in the shower. Hot water, steam, white noise… and suddenly, I’m solving character arcs, rewriting headlines in my head, or, in this case, coming up wit…

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