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Use a line from poetry to inspire new work. Find a line or phrase that resonates with you, then use it as inspiration for a new story, poem or essay. How can you transform the message behind Robert Frost’s “He will not see me stopping here”? What story could emerge from Sonia Sanchez’s “and stones remembering/past steps is love”? Let poetry nudge your thinking to a new place.
For more inspiration, visit our database of writing prompts.
Originally PublishedA writing conference is a perfect mix of all the ingredients you need to grow as a writer. It doesn’t matter if you are just beginning or have a thriving writing career; a good conference provides everything, and it all happens over the span of a few days.
Feeling overwrought by a lack of writing time? Finding time to write is about figuring out what works best for you & your passion.
“E.L. Doctorow said once said that ‘Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.’ You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.”
