The Perfectly Balanced Writers Group
The author’s failed attempts to find a writers group eventually lead her to build one of her own that offers the right mix of rigor and support.
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A Former Pollyanna Learns the Value of Critical Feedback
After experiencing a writers group that only delivered praise, the author realizes the value of constructive feedback and offers guidance on how best to give it.
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Reenvisioning the Writers Group
The author suggests writers group options that depart from the typical workshop model, such as freewriting, responding to prompts, and reading together.
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Tiny Doable Things
The author explains how her Library of Tiny Doable Things—a running list of micro-actions and edits that hone her work—might help others bring their writing to fruition, one small step at a time.
How to Keep Going
The author recalls being pregnant in the early days of the pandemic and asks: How we can continue to create in times of uncertainty?
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Oxygen in Ash
The author reflects on the forest fires near his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, and considers their lessons on inspiration, writing, and what we gain from a crisis.
A Freeing Space: Our Seventeenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
Ten debut poets who published in 2021, including Threa Almontaser and Shangyang Fang, discuss the inspiration for their books, their writers block remedies, and advice for other poets.
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Small Starts
The author of the illustrated collection of essays World of Wonders recommends sparking creativity by chronicling changes in the natural world or writing one line at a time.
Like Coming Home: Four Writers On the Push and Pull of Other Arts
Four authors celebrate the other creative pursuits—baking, painting, knitting, and learning a new language—that shape and inform their writing practices.
Writers’ Demons and Angels
Confront the writing “demons” that hinder your work and celebrate your writing “angels” and goals in these interactive, illustrated pages of guided exercises.
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