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How to Start a Revolution in a Reading Notebook

By Megan Willome 31 Comments

How can you start a revolution, one little step at a time? It might just begin by keeping a reading notebook. Discover how.

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Build Your Writing Momentum, With Some Editor TLC

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

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Want to be a better writer? Learn helpful editorial tips in community at our new live Editor TLC events.

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The Word-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Writing

By Charity Singleton Craig 23 Comments

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Charity Singleton Craig applies the tidying principles of the KonMari organization method to your writing. Will it change your life?

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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.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Write Like a Painter

By Charity Singleton Craig 25 Comments

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Can studying the work of a visual artist teach you how to become a better writer? Charity Singleton Craig thinks so, with four paintings by Henri Matisse.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Artist Date on the Dock

By Kathryn Neel 10 Comments

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We learn how to become a better writer as we join Kathryn Neel on the dock and consider how to make peace with the dark.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Leonardo Artist Date

By Kathryn Neel 6 Comments

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Kathryn Neel learned how to become a better writer with help from Leonardo da Vinci and wide-eyed children who easily embraced the playfulness of genius.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Blue Artist Date

By Robert McCready 2 Comments

Robert McCready knows how to become a better writer when he heads out on an Artist Date and finds the blues.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Marinara Artist Date

By Laura Boggess 16 Comments

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Ideas for how to become a better writer may be as close as the back yard, or even the kitchen. Today’s artist date will make you hungry for more.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Black(wing) Magic

By Heather Eure 15 Comments

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Is your writing instrument holding you back? Heather Eure explores the mystique of the Blackwing pencil. Maybe it’ll tell you how to become a better writer.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Super Moon Artist Date

By Kathryn Neel 6 Comments

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Want to know how to become a better writer? Go on an Artist Date, like Kathryn Neel did when she watched the Super Moon rise over the water.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Clover Artist Date

By Laura Boggess 19 Comments

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Laura Boggess knows how to become a better writer: go on an Artist Date in the back yard, where the clover beckons.

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Writing Workshop: The Writing Life

By T.S. Poetry 27 Comments

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A writing workshop that will go beyond the usual fare, as it helps you develop a lasting writing life.

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