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Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: On Becoming Less Possessive

By Charity Singleton Craig 6 Comments

Barbary macaque - possessive grammar

Are your possessive pronouns making you hold onto things a little too tightly? Charity Singleton Craig says loosen your grip, in the final installment of Grammar for a Full Life book club.

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Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: Chilling Out on the Grammar Rules

By Charity Singleton Craig 4 Comments

brown squirrel with ears up - chill out grammar rules

In this week’s book club discussion of Grammar for a Full Life, Charity Singleton Craig helps parse when the grammar rules matter, and when we can chill out.

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Book Club Announcement: Grammar for a Full Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 1 Comment

Ducklings at water edge

Join Charity Singleton Craig in our next book club, Grammar for a Full Life, and explore the ways language, and grammar in particular, can enrich our experiences and well-being.

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“The Art of the Essay” Book Club: True

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Meaningful essays are capital-T True. Learn how to write essays that endure in the final meeting of ‘The Art of the Essay’ book club.

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Book Club Announcement: “The Art of the Essay”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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Get ready to join Tweetspeak Poetry for some essay-writing! Join us next month for a book club about Charity Singleton Craig’s ‘The Art of the Essay.’

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A Resource for Fiction Writers and Poets: “The Art of the Essay” — What?

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig is not only for nonfiction writers; novelists and poets can benefit from it as well.

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“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“The Art of the Essay” by Charity Singleton Craig is written to writers by a writer who loves what she does and wants other writers to love (and be better at) what they do.

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Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner

By Charity Singleton Craig 5 Comments

Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner

Charity Singleton Craig meets Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner and considers how to make poetry more accessible to more people.

Filed Under: Blog, Farm Poems, Father Poems, Indiana Tour, Poems, poetry

Top 10 Writing Quotes to Get You Started in 2016

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Top 10 Writing Quotes

Whether you included your writing goals in your 2016 resolutions, this collection of 10 great writing quotes might give you the inspiration you need to get started.

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On Being a Writer Book Club: Surround

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

On Being a Writer

We conclude our group discussion of On Being a Writer by considering the things with which a writer might surround himself to influence his writing.

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On Being a Writer Book Club: Arrange

By Will Willingham 19 Comments

One Being a Writer Arrange

In our second book club discussion of Kroeker & Craig’s On Being a Writer, we consider the priority of writing and arranging our lives for a writing life.

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On Being a Writer Book Club: Identify

By Will Willingham 51 Comments

On Being a Writer Book Club - Identify

Join our book club of On Being a Writer and let’s discuss together the question, Do you call yourself a writer?

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The Writing Life: The Writer’s Delusion and Telling it Slant

By Charity Singleton Craig 20 Comments

writers delusion house on the hill

How does a writer tell the truth in her writing when it doesn’t line up perfectly with the facts? Charity Singleton Craig considers the writer’s delusion.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Writing Life, Writing Tips

On Being a Writer Workshop

By L.L. Barkat 32 Comments

On Being a Writer Workshop

A writing workshop that will help you develop a satisfying, lasting writing life. Learn from two great editors who’ve developed successful long-term careers.

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Top Ten Sightings in the Wild—On Being a Writer

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

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The new Kroeker and Craig title has been seen increasingly off the bookshelf and in the wild. Check out our Top Ten Sightings of On Being a Writer.

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Top 10 Quotes from ‘On Being a Writer’!

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

On Being a Writer by Kroeker and Craig

Ten great quotes from the new (surprise!) release from T.S. Poetry Press: “On Being a Writer by Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig.

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The Progression of a Writing Life Part 4: Strategy

By Charity Singleton Craig 10 Comments

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In the conclusion of our series on the progression of a writing life, Charity Singleton Craig considers the role of strategy in mapping out your path.

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Literary Tours: Robert Indiana at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

the essential robert indiana

While oft celebrated as a meticulous Pop artist with recognizable use of color, line, and shape, Charity Singleton Craig sees Robert Indiana as a poet, novelist and memoirist.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Indiana Tour, Literary Tour

3 Rules for Pretending to Be a Writer

By Charity Singleton Craig 6 Comments

child's play be a writer

What can children’s play teach you about how to be a writer? It can teach you how to pretend, which maybe a step in your writing journey.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Writing Life, Writing Tips

The Writing Life: Setting Limits to Become a Better Writer

By Charity Singleton Craig 26 Comments

writing life setting limits

Do you need to set limits in your writing life in order to focus on writing? Charity Singleton Craig sees the irony, and the need to focus.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Writing Life, Writing Tips

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