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Three Songs At The End of Somewhere
The Power of Place | Week Four| What Magic When Place Conveys Emotion
Jul 2
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Writing Place as a Map of the Heart
The Power of Place | Week Three | Sometimes, landmarks are more than the sum of their parts
Jun 25
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The 5-Step WITD Method That Helped Get This Writer Into The NYT. She Calls It "A Total Game Changer"
Creative work is sacred, vulnerable, and alive. It does not grow in the harsh soil of other people’s unprepared opinions. There is a better way, and you…
Jun 20
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The 5-Step WITD Method That Helped Get This Writer Into The NYT. She Calls It "A Total Game Changer"
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All the Shit You Don't Want
“There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.” ~Ovid
May 21
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I Like Doing Things That Scare Me
"The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits" ~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
May 14
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Break the Mirror
To reflect or not to reflect, that is the question ... with straight-talk advice from Kiese Laymon
May 2
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From Chickweed & Ash
A birthday poem, a writing exercise, and an invitation
Apr 9
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Happy is Boring
(But Also Necessary & Wonderful)
Apr 7
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To Want, To Dream, To Create
Two new writing exercises to reveal yourself to yourself and wake up your language, too
Apr 1
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Absolute Attention is Prayer
Marie Howe says, "This might be the most difficult task ... in postmodern life …to look long enough so that we can look through it—like a window." A…
Jan 24
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Writing that Sings and Sears
They say you should use the "reflective voice" ... but is it true? And what does it really mean?
Dec 9, 2024
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The Singing of Unstable Places
From the Archive: Exploring how an "unstable ‘almost but not quite’ situation transcends fascination, and leads to beauty and deep significance"
Nov 29, 2024
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