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Jul 13, 20215 min read
Flannery O'Connor & the Joy of the Craft
How Flannery O'Connor taught me about the source of our joy as artists during my visit to Milledgeville, Georgia.
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Jul 6, 20213 min read
When Writing Stops Being Fun
How we've sucked the soul out of being creative...& how to get it back.
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Jun 29, 20216 min read
Writing Through Grief & Family Trauma
Learn how writing about difficult family relationships & experiences can be a powerful tool for reaching new understanding & creativity.
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Jun 22, 20214 min read
Tips for Interviewing Family for Writing
Learn how to interview family so you can not just capture the stories, but achieve the perfect wording and details to bring them to life.
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Jun 15, 20216 min read
How This is Us Keeps Family Stories Real
This is Us is a bingeworthy masterwork with a lot to teach writers about crafting family stories.
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Jun 8, 20215 min read
Pride & Prejudice & Writing Families
If you really want to expand your arsenal of tools for portraying families in your writing, Jane Austen gives a master class on it.
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Jun 1, 20214 min read
Lessons of Faith from Elizabeth Giger
Meet Elizabeth Giger, homeschool mom & author of Beyond the Front Door.
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May 25, 20215 min read
5 Tips For Concise Writing
The most important part of your job is to find the shortest, most powerful way to tell them what you have to say.
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May 18, 20215 min read
What Is Writing Style All About?
Transformation for your writing happens when you determine what you do best, where it comes from, and how to do as much of it as possible.
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May 10, 20215 min read
3 Tips for Editing Your Own Writing
Beat typos & errors with my favorite techniques for being a great self editor.
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May 3, 20215 min read
Everything Your English Teacher Taught You About Editing Is Wrong.
More than likely, your teacher got it wrong. Editing isn't what you think it is.
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Apr 26, 20215 min read
What’s a Chapbook & How Do I Make One?
Learn what a chapbook is & how to powerfully share your poetry through a short, unified collection.
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Apr 20, 20215 min read
3 Ways To Share Your Poems (Besides Publication)
If you’re anything like me, your poetry starts out pretty private. I typically get an idea, do a first draft, and then play around with...
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Apr 12, 20215 min read
Lessons from Lightfoot: Poetry Inspired By Music
Music is a great place to start if you’re looking for inspiration for a poem.
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Apr 5, 20216 min read
3 Reasons To Write Poetry (Even If You Aren't A Poet)
No matter what you write or how you feel about it or what your seventh-grade poetry unit was like, writing poetry is valuable for everyone.
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Mar 29, 20216 min read
Make Your Favorite Authors Your Best Mentors
Maybe you can’t meet one on one with the authors you admire—but you can read their writing to understand how it works.
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Mar 22, 20215 min read
How To Take Criticism & Use Feedback
Getting feedback is essential to making your work stronger—but not all feedback fits your vision for your story.
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Mar 15, 20215 min read
The Inkling Feedback Formula
Learn the formula we use to work with clients' writing & how to apply it to writing from your author friends.
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Mar 8, 20216 min read
Am I Ready To Share My Writing?
Once you have gone through the process of creating your first draft and doing some revision, you’ve got a big decision to make…
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Mar 1, 20215 min read
A Report from the Flash Fiction Festival
If you’re a flash fiction writer or you’re thinking about trying your hand at it, these are expert tips to check out.
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