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How to Beat Writer’s Block by Not Giving Up

By Charity Singleton Craig 14 Comments

https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2014/01/07/bold-creativity-needs/

What feels like writer’s block might just be giving up too soon. Charity Singleton Craig challenges writers to use persistence toward better creativity.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creativity, Writing Life, Writing Tips

2016 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

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As we prepare for this year’s Poetry at Work Day, we are delighted to offer you our new Poetry at Work Day poster for 2016.

Filed Under: poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

The Best in Poetry Top 10 Poetic Picks

Did Allen Ginsberg howl or throw the first pitch. Push yourself or forgive yourself? Cognitive bias or creativity boost? It’s our Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Creativity, poetry

The Writing Life: What Hemingway Can Teach You About Professional Loneliness

By Charity Singleton Craig 31 Comments

Hemingway Professional Loneliness

Working from home has its perks, but can also have its downside, like professional loneliness. Charity Singleton Craig—and Hemingway—have thoughts on that.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, writer's group resources, Writing Business Tips, Writing Life

Creativity Inside the Box: The Freedom of Constraint

By Charity Singleton Craig 12 Comments

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Would imposing constraints help or hinder your creativity? Charity Singleton Craig explores both sides of working inside and thinking outside the box.

Filed Under: Creativity, Writing Life, Writing Tips

WordSurge—A Word-Discovery Tool for Tomorrow

By Maureen Doallas 6 Comments

Word Surge Dictionary and Word Discovery

Maureen Doallas interviews founder Jordan Ackerman about the comprehensive and engaging word-discovery tool found in WordSurge®.

Filed Under: Blog, Poets and Writers Toolkit, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

A More Beautiful Question: Taking the Brain Off High Alert

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

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What if we took our brains off ‘high alert’ and thought long enough to develop an original idea? Our discussion of A More Beautiful Question concludes today.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, Blog, book club, Creativity

The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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Writing conferences pert’near South Dakota, making carrots into clarinets, art you can’t see unless it’s raining. It has to be our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, Creativity, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

A More Beautiful Question: Improving the Questions We Ask

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

A More Beautiful Question book club

In this week’s book club discussion of Warren Berger’s ‘A More Beautiful Question, ‘ we consider how to improve our questions before we jump to answer them.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, Blog, book club, Creativity

A More Beautiful Question: What If You Sleep On It? (Book Club)

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

A More Beautiful Question

Think you can do your work in your sleep? Warren Berger suggests that we might do our best creative thinking when we’re asleep. Join us for our A More Beautiful Question book club discussion.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, book club, Creativity

A More Beautiful Question: Thinking in Questions (Book Club)

By Will Willingham 27 Comments

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What if we didn’t stop asking questions when we got to a certain age? Join us in our first installment of the A More Beautiful Question book club.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, book club, Books, Creativity

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

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Writing your way to a better life, Langston doodles, literary restaurant reviews and becoming mermaids. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Creativity, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Artist Date: A February March

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Artist Date February March

Want to open up your creativity? Maybe you need an Artist’s Date. Bundle up and take a winter’s walk on the ice with LW Lindquist.

Filed Under: Artist Date, Become a Better Writer, Blog

Become a Better Writer: I Am Not a Robot

By Charity Singleton Craig 44 Comments

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In this look at automation in creative work, Charity Singleton Craig ponders how being like a robot can help you become a better writer, and whether she should plan a career shift toward being personal assistant to a robot.

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

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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Your novel’s optimum length is shorter than a bridge. A literary time capsule. Team building for the self-employed. It’s our Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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Trouble in the Little Free Libraries, the shocking truth about boredom, words to make your poetry legit, Neruda’s new old poems, and why Tim Tebow sells more books than Billy Collins. It’s the best in poetry (and poetic things in our latest Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Top 10 Tips for a Summer Staycation

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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You deserve a vacation. And we say you should give yourself one. Only don’t leave home. Try these ten tips for a great summer staycation.

Filed Under: Creativity, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Image-ine Poetry: “Girl in Street” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

By Maureen Doallas 26 Comments

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Writing poetry from art ignites creativity. For this Image-ine exercise, join Maureen Doallas as she responds to Lisa Hess Hesselgrave’s “Girl in Street.”

Filed Under: Blog, Image-ine

Image-ine Poetry: “Plywood Archer #1” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

By Maureen Doallas 13 Comments

Writing poetry from art ignites creativity. For this Image-ine exercise, join Maureen Doallas and Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, as they aim high with their art.

Filed Under: Blog, Image-ine

How to Become a Better Writer: Blue Spring Florida Artist Date

By Kathryn Neel 3 Comments

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I arrive at the Blue Spring boil, where manatees dive deep, and flirt, and play, reminding me how to become a better writer.

Filed Under: Blog

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