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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 25, 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 18, 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 10, 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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May 3, 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 26, 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 20, 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 12, 20215 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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Apr 5, 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 29, 20216 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 22, 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 15, 20215 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 8, 20216 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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Mar 1, 20215 min read


The Faith & Fantasy of Havelah McLat
Havelah McLat is an artist inspired by magic, from the beauty of nature to the miracles happening even in times of great difficulty.
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Feb 22, 20215 min read


Why We're Called Inkling (Or: When Lewis Met Tolkien)
Maybe we’re limited in terms of how we can meet with each other right now…but ironically, it has never been easier to form connections.
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Feb 15, 20215 min read


3 Signs Your Fiction Should Really Be Nonfiction
This is perhaps the most important question you can ask when you want to write something inspired by your own life...
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Feb 8, 20216 min read


I’d Rather Be Revising. Here’s Why.
Radical revision does not make you a failure or less of a writer. It’s the mark of a professional.
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Feb 1, 20217 min read


A Tale of Two Poets: Literary Lessons from Inaugurations
It is my hope that as people contemplate Gorman’s writing, they will think more deeply about the issues at the heart of her poems.
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Jan 25, 20215 min read


Exploring The Sharpness Of Poetry With Logan Roberts
Poet Logan Roberts values writing mentorship in his work.
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Jan 18, 20215 min read


Flashbulb: Creating Your Account of a Historical Event
Having an account of these events as part of your personal literature will someday be invaluable, even if no one else ever sees it.
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Jan 11, 20217 min read
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