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Poet Laura: I Surrender

By Dheepa R. Maturi 4 Comments

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Writer Dheepa R. Maturi enters a hard period in life, and it strongly blocks her writing. But then she finds a surprising way through. You could, too.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura, Writing Life

The Surprise Leap: Notes on the Writing Life

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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As in the rest of life, the writing life is about more than beginning. Often times, what defines the work (and who we are) happens in the middles.

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Poet Laura: Replenishing the Imagination

By Laura Boggess 3 Comments

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Writers need to fill the imagination tank now and then. Our Poet Laura takes us for a long drive to find a feast for the eyes.

Filed Under: Creativity, Poet Laura, The Artist's Way

On Finishing a Poem & the Top of Your Head

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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Emily Dickinson and a group of young divers help Callie Feyen by the side of the pool as she ponders how to go about finishing a poem.

Filed Under: Blog, poems about writing, Writing Life

On Rest, Hammocks, and Wasting a Life With James Wright

By Melissa Reeser Poulin 4 Comments

Golden sunset behind branches - backyard at rest

What does it mean to waste a life? Melissa Poulin explores James Wright and how, from the hammock’s viewpoint, wasting a life and living fully might be inextricably intertwined.

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Life

On Writing and Living in the World: Coming Back To Life

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Blue moth - writing life coming back to life

As the world begins to reopen, Callie Feyen explores the ways we protect ourselves, and the ways we can begin coming back to life.

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Life

Wild Words Book Club: Return to Yourself

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Wild Words book club pink finger flower

In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, Callie Feyen considers the role of our feelings in moving our writing forward. Join us!

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Wild Words Book Club: Make Believe

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

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In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, author Callie Feyen invites writers to imagine their lives as a poem, in a reflection on the seasons of going back in time and discontent.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, Wild Words, writer's group resources, Writing Life

Book Club Announcement: Wild Words by Nicole Gulotta

By Nicole Gulotta Leave a Comment

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Author Nicole Gulotta introduces our next book club, Wild Words, a book that serves as a gentle guide to navigating the writing life through its seasons.

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Friendship Project: Somebody I Used To Know

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Writers Block Coffee Shop

When writer’s block threatens to derail, one writer finds a way forward in music, baking, friendship and the practice of “living it a while.”

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Writing Life

Poet Laura: Allow Me to Introduce and Explain Myself

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

Poet Laura Tania Runyan introduces herself

Our inaugural Poet Laura, Tania Runyan, reflects on the business of the season, the perfect time to realize that one doesn’t have time *not* to write.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

Farmacology Book Club: Stress, Brain Plasticity, and Living a Free-Range Writing Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 11 Comments

Farmacology free range eggs

A little sunshine, outdoor play, and socializing can go a long way to reduce stress in humans — and chickens. Charity Singleton Craig discusses Farmacology in this week’s book club.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Farmacology, Patron Only

The Writing Life: Somehow Beginnings

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Callie Feyen reflects on coming to the place in our writing life where we are both ready and willing and can “somehow begin.”

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Friendship Project: On Writing Well — Just Say It

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Autumn leaf pair

Callie Feyen finds the page more forgiving than the podium, and friendship more forgiving yet.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Writing Life

8 Ways Writers Can Enrich Each Other’s Work

By Bethany Rohde 23 Comments

8 Ways Writers Friends Enrich Your Work ripples on lake

Bethany Rohde shares 8 ways that writers can encourage one another—from dealing with ideas that feel question-marky to fending off the censor bullies—served up with warm wit and warm cookies.

Filed Under: Blog, Writer Friends, Writing Life, Writing Tips

The Writing Life: Paterson’s Blank Page

By Charity Singleton Craig 18 Comments

The Writing Life view from bus

In the film Paterson, Charity Singleton Craig finds the routine of doing the same thing in the same place day after day forms a canvas on which to create.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Writing Life

What the Book Needs: Creating The Joy of Poetry – Part 4

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Megan Willome ends her 4-part series about creating The Joy of Poetry with a simple admonition for writers: be open to what your book needs.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, The Joy of Poetry, Writing Life

R Is for Rewriting: Creating The Joy of Poetry – Part 3

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

As Megan Willome approaches the task of rewriting The Joy of Poetry, she finds a different rhythm to her work.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, The Joy of Poetry, Writing Life

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?

Filed Under: book club, On Being a Writer, writer's group resources, 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

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