Say Yes to Yourself: A Poet’s Guide to Living and Writing
A poet and essayist meditates on the importance of making time to write—whether it’s hours or days or just a few minutes at a time.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Write a poem that flows like a river, consider food in your fiction, or create a catalogue of objects in an essay—three prompts to get you started.
Repurposed: The Long Arc of a Writing Life
An author considers the process of converting rooms from the past into creative spaces for the future.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Consider earthly and celestial bodies, write a prequel to a horror story, or explore emotional ties to clothing—three prompts to get you writing.
Impaled on Pleasure and Shame: A Q&A With Poet Diane Seuss
The author of Still Life With Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl talks about her formative time at Hedgebrook, the relationship between poetry and the Internet, and more.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Connect with nature, delve into dystopia, and reflect on a relationship with a guardian—three prompts to get you writing.
The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Shape-shifting poems, reimagining fairy tales, and envisioning an exhibition—three prompts to get you writing, plus our suggested reading: A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry by Gregory Orr.
On the Trail: Rejection and Revival in Joshua Tree
A memoirist hikes through rejection during a do-it-yourself retreat in the California desert.
A New Path to the Waterfall
With insight from authors Jennifer Egan, Jane Hirshfield, and Nayomi Munaweera, a writer explores ways to return to older writing projects with a fresh eye.
Imagination Under Pressure
The executive director of National Novel Writing Month and cofounder of 100 Word Story considers how constraints can help writers access inventiveness and increase productivity.
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