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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!...

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...

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...

Writing the Extraordinary

Throughout our lives, we experience Extraordinary things, events, people, and places. Just as I think of creative masterpieces and...

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...

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...

Writing exercise: Using Your Real-Life Antagonist

Over the past few weeks, I've been dealing with an unhappy person. This person is angry at someone else, and I got caught in the...

Writing Prompt: An Exercise in Perspective

One of the best things about being writers is that we get to play with reality. When we craft fiction, poetry, and even creative...