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Six Weeks of Favorite Writing Prompts: Week #3, Life Values and Your Writing Life
How does your writing align with your life values? Check out this week's prompt for a deep dive that's very revealing
Jul 10
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Six Weeks of Favorite Writing Prompts: Week #2, POV
Get those stuck-in-the-mud characters moving forward, with this second of my six favorite writing prompts, basically a POV switch that always surprises…
Jul 3
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Six Weeks of Favorite Writing Prompts: Week #1, Pacing
Give your story's pacing a hearty boost with this simple exercise on expansion and contraction
Jun 26
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The Art of Drifting: How to Refill the Well
Why paying a different kind of attention to your creative work actually brings some new juice when you feel blocked or exhausted
Jun 19
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Refreshing Your Writing Practice, Part 4
Why accountability is the new/old go-to for a sustainable writing practice
Jun 12
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