What Traveling Does For Your Writing
I had to get away. See, after five weekends of cat-sitting, I was getting antsy. All my travel plans were shelved so that my friends could go off on exciting adventures across the country. The…
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5 Meditations For Writers
To be a writer, you must reflect. Sound like a waste of time? Probably does if you’re on a tight deadline. Think of what you could be doing instead of sitting still thinking. Ah, but…
Credit: surrey.ac.uk What Most Writing MFA Programs Don’t Teach
Getting into my Writing MFA program was one of the happiest moments in my life. I was accepted into my school of choice and I had the luxury of delaying the real world for another…
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Credit: writinginthehouseofdreams.com 5 Steps To Committing To Your Writing
Committing to your writing is sometimes easier said than done. Self-motivation to sit at a desk to write every day, not just a week or two, can be challenging to sustain. But committing to your…
Credit: churchsermonseriesideas.com Is It A Story Or A Story Idea?
As I creative writer, I hear this often: “I have a story for you to write.” “I’m listening,” I’ll say. “It’s about a blind man who regains his sight, but then loses his hearing.” “Then…
Credit: creativityisdefiance.wordpress.com 7 Things Creative Writers Do Differently
Creative writers are easy to spot. They’re typing furiously at a café. They are reciting poems at the local open mic. They basically live at the library or the old bookstore. But what makes a creative…
Credit: listdose.com Redefining Creative Writing
Think about the phrase creative writing. What images come to mind? A billboard ad? A newspaper column? A college term paper? Probably not. There’s the on-the-books definition of creative writing, and then there’s the true,…
Why We Avoid Writing
We work so hard to make time for our writing. We rearrange our schedule to create an hour or even minutes for it. We get ahead on work projects and errands around town as well…