How to Be More Creative: What To Do When Your Words Misbehave
The most creative writing happens when you follow misbehaving words when they break away from your plan. Mary Oliver's poem "The Beast" is a
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 30, 2020
- 5 min
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Is No Ordinary Novel
Aspiring writers can learn from the techniques used by Krueger in the acclaimed novel, Ordinary Grace.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 22, 2020
- 3 min
Walt Whitman and National Celebrate Life Day
Today is National “Celebrate Life” Day, and I’m thinking of Walt Whitman. As much as I love him — and while I understand that it’s important
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Ecstasy of Blogging
Years in academia, formally trained as a writer, I was restricted by rules and expectations. Then I found ecstasy in blogging.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
Winter in the Poetry of Robert Frost
The poetry of Robert Frost shows the impact of winter on humanity - especially older men.
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 16, 2019
- 4 min
A Writer's Brain Pain
Dickinson had to work to create masterpieces.She wrote daily. All the time. She scribbled on old envelopes, scraps of wallpaper, and chocola
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2019
- 4 min
Why I'm Thankful to be a Writer
Being a writer is the coolest job in the world. Instead of talking about growing an audience and the problems of the occupation, be thankful
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
Success After Sixty
It's a big deal when writers publish "late in life," after 40. But there are plenty of success stories for writers starting after age 60.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Best Hobbies for Writers:
Notebook gathering, pen-picking, and word collecting are great hobbies for writers. But the best is word collecting. It's cheap. It's educat
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 8, 2019
- 4 min
Fight Feelings of Failure When You're Jobless
Freelance writers often struggle to find clients and jobs. Fight feelings of failure by understanding why you might not get gigs. Persist.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
The One Thing Writers Need More Than Anything Else
What is the one thing writers need to succeed? More than reading, more than writing, writers must have optimism to endure rejection.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 4, 2019
- 4 min
Why We Need Pictures With Our Words
Emojis. GIFs. Videos. Visual communication is changing the world. What will happen to writers and the written word?
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 30, 2019
- 3 min
One Writer's Motivation....And Maybe Yours, Too
My motivation for writing is to release ideas, play with words, and make connections with others. Money should not be the motivation.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 22, 2019
- 4 min
What Writers - and Others - Can Learn From Ben Franklin
Among Franklin's many other projects, he decided he would undertake "the bold and arduous project of arriving at Moral Perfection"
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
Snippets of Souls: What We Can Learn from Journals
Journals and diaries are essential "old-fashioned" methods to preserve snippets of souls: the lives, people, and personalities of our past.
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