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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


How Finding A Writing Mentor Gives You "Soul"
It’s possible for one good mentor to succeed where others have failed and change the entire course of a person’s creative life.
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Jan 4, 20217 min read


4 Writing Resolutions You Can Make For 2021 (And How To Get Started)
What do you want to accomplish with your writing in 2021?
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Dec 28, 20206 min read


How To Make Your Writing A Gift To Remember
The more that you think about your project as being "for" a reader, the more you'll be able to craft it to meet that reader's needs.
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Dec 19, 20206 min read


A Walk In The Woods With Taylor Swift & Tolkien
Good fiction fuses life experience with the art we consume, eventually taking the form of powerful narratives.
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Dec 14, 20206 min read


What The Queen's Gambit Taught Me About Writing
The Queen’s Gambit is more than just a series about chess geniuses. For me, it was a call to examine my motives for creating.
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Dec 2, 20205 min read


C-SPAN Writing Fantasies & The Virtues of Self Publishing
You won’t have millions of fans screaming your name. You’ll have something better: a community of a few people who are all in for your book.
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Oct 21, 20206 min read


The Hard Refresh: How To Be A Writer During A Pandemic
I had to figure out this year what it means for me to be a writer during this unique time in history.
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Oct 21, 20205 min read
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