Places to Take Creative Writing Workshops & Classes Online in 2023 (PART FOUR)
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This week brings the fourth installment of places through which you can take creative writing workshops and classes online! If you have a...


- Mar 6
- 2 min
Places to Take Creative Writing Workshops & Classes Online in 2023 (PART TWO)
This week continues the list of place to take creative writing workshop and classes online. I'll keep adding to this list throughout the...


- Feb 27
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Places to Take Creative Writing Workshops & Classes Online in 2023 (PART ONE)
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- Jan 2
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Surrealism, Nature, and Poetry
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From the Bookshelves: Gordo
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- Dec 19, 2022
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Experimenting with Death
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
On Novel Writing and Writing in Community
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- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
"Mysterium Lunae" by C. Tóibín
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- Nov 14, 2022
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Finding Inspiration for Writing
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- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
Who Needs Words?
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- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Creative Freedom Writing Workshop
If you've ever felt trapped or stuck, exploring creative freedom could be the key to opening up new avenues of creative expression!...


- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
5 Great Sources for Your Next Writing Prompt
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- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
Writing Exercise (PDF): Capturing Big Feelings
February is here. A short month with a lot on its shoulders. We have Valentine's Day, which, no matter your feelings on the holiday, can...


- Jan 23, 2021
- 1 min
Creative Confessions: Detached
Some days I feel euphoric about my work. I revel in the accomplishment of filling what was once a blank space with ink and shaping ideas...


- Jan 13, 2021
- 5 min
Harnessing Your Dreams in Writing
I’ve had a recurring nightmare since I was in kindergarten. The dream is inextricably linked to a trip my Brownie troop took. I don’t...


- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Writing the Extraordinary
Throughout our lives, we experience Extraordinary things, events, people, and places. Just as I think of creative masterpieces and...


- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
Using the Senses to Bring Your Writing to Life
Description is one of the foundational elements of writing. Basic sentence structure and grammar help readers understand your writing,...


- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Using Cliches to Boost Your Creativity
When we cover clichés in my English class, I explain they’re shortcuts used to convey an experience, feeling, or set of feelings to...


- Dec 4, 2020
- 10 min
Getting Creative with Your Muse
The concept of the Muses comes to us from Ancient Greco-Roman mythology. According to the most popular tale, Zeus, in his usual fashion,...


- Nov 24, 2020
- 6 min
Gratitude: Thank you, practice pieces
This week, as we celebrate Thanksgiving in America, I like to take time to think about things I'm grateful for in different areas of my...
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