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A Writer's Guide to Surviving Creative Doubt and ‘The Messy Middle’
This post expands this week’s original dialogue, offering pragmatic approaches to handling doubt whenever and however it appears in your creative work…
20 hrs ago
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K. E. Creighton
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What I Do When I’m in ‘The Messy Middle’
Today’s post allowed me to take a beat and reflect on what I do whenever I find myself in ‘the messy middle.’ Read on, then join the chat to share how…
Aug 19
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K. E. Creighton
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Reading Notes: The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Here are some reflections, notes, and discussion questions for this week’s book club pick, with bonus writing and dialogue prompts. Keep reading, then…
Aug 18
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K. E. Creighton
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Is doubt a normal part of the creative process or a sign something isn't working?
How should we navigate doubt whenever it creeps into ‘the messy middle’ of our creative projects, as well as the creative lives we’re building? Read on…
Aug 17
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K. E. Creighton
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Continuing Without a Trace
Today’s creative writing exercise let me explore ‘the messy middle’ one of the main characters in my current WIP is navigating and led me down an…
Aug 16
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K. E. Creighton
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Writing Prompts for Navigating ‘The Messy Middle’
Today’s post includes prompts for uncertainty, setbacks, unfinished work, and finding a way forward, because the creative life we truly want and need…
Aug 15
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K. E. Creighton
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Striking Matches: Sylvia Plath’s Reading and Writing Practice as a Syllabus for Fueling a Creative Life
Today’s post explores how the books Sylvia Plath devoured shaped her poetic voice and creative life, and what we can learn and practice from her…
Aug 14
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K. E. Creighton
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Striking the Right Balance with Quantifiable Creative Habits
This week’s dialogue uncovered a meaningful question: How do we balance quantifiable writing habits with creative freedom? And today’s post helps you…
Aug 13
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K. E. Creighton
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The Habits That Help Me and My Creative Life Most
Today’s post allowed me to take a beat and reflect on the two simple habits that have helped me and my creative life most in recent years. Are they…
Aug 12
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K. E. Creighton
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Reading Notes: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Here are some reflections, notes, and discussion questions for this week’s book club pick, with bonus writing and dialogue prompts. Keep reading, then…
Aug 11
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K. E. Creighton
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Should writers have quantifiable creative habits?
Do quantifiable goals and metrics help or hinder the creative habits we need to integrate into the creative life that works for us? Keep reading, then…
Aug 10
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K. E. Creighton
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Immersive Storytelling Mode and the ArXiv
Today’s prompt let me explore the creative habits, and voice, of one of the main characters in my current WIP and led me down an interesting path. Keep…
Aug 9
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K. E. Creighton
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