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What Do You Actually Want & How Bad Do You Want It?
How gratitude, contentment & desire work synergistically (not in opposition!) to fuel creativity. Plus, an AI writing exercise (yes, AI! we'll discuss…
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Incorrigible: A Love Story
I wanted to be good so my mother would love me. But I didn't know how.
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How to Write in the Dark: Everything You Need to Know to Begin
From the Archives | What we do here, where to start, how to get the most from the posts + how to submit your own work
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🧵 Thursday Thread: WITD CLASSIFIEDS
If you like piña coladas, getting caught in the rain ... just kidding (sort of) because you never know what you might find in the classifieds. Let's…
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“I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.” – Anaïs Nin
One Day Flash Sale in celebration of my essay, "The Cost," being selected as a finalist for Best of the Net. Also, TWO unconventional exercises for…
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Announcing WITD Classifieds!
Because who doesn't love and miss the classifieds?!
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How To Be A Writer (Even if You Lurk)
From the Archives | Building piles and piles of words is not enough. Good writing has a raw, disobedient quality, a feral disposition. So how do we…
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Radical Self-Honesty: A Simple Tool That Lets You Be Good Enough Just As You Are
You might know we opened registration yesterday for Writing in the Dark: THE SCHOOL, WITD’s new 9-month slow-writing program for people serious about…
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It's Here! Registration is Now Open for Writing in the Dark: THE SCHOOL
Everything you need to know about WITD's new 9-month slow-writing program for people serious about advancing their craft and joyful about "doing…
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I believe in invisible strings, the uncombed hair of toddlers & complicated miracles. And I always will.
Lit Salon | My work will appear Invisible Strings, the new anthology inspired by the music of Taylor Swift, and here's how it happened!
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The Job Of The Artist Is Always To Deepen The Mystery." ~ Francis Bacon
Separating art & commerce in my convo with the amazing Evelyn Skye | Walking through the world as poetry | Making & fixing mistakes | Come write flash…
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Dear Flat: To Have Lived (And Suffered) Is Not Enough
From the Archives | Lit Salon on evoking emotion with our writing + the mysterious balance of inner, outer, and other mode + what writers know about…
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