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The Writer’s Journey: A Must-Read for Storytellers
This post contains affiliate links. If you read only one book on storytelling, make it The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler. Over the years, I've read a lot of books on...
A Selection of Journal Prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts
Today’s journal prompts are taken from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts, which is filled with inspiration for writers and includes prompts for writing fiction, poetry, and...
From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Quoteworthy
Today's post is an excerpt from 101 Creative Writing Exercises. This exercise is called "Quoteworthy." It's from "Chapter 4: Speak Up." Enjoy! Quoteworthy One of the greatest...
Genres: Literary Fiction vs. Everything Else
In creative writing, we talk about form and genre. Form is what we write: fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. Genre is how we further classify each of these forms. In...
How to Publish Your Poetry
I don't know about you, but I wrote poems for years before it ever occurred to me that I might want to publish them. My poetry wasn't written for an audience or publication. It...
Homophones for Music Lovers: Turn up the Bass and Play a Chord
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Many homophones also have different spellings, and all too often, people mix them up. The result is an...
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