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5 Creative Writing Exercises To Get You Through Writers Block

Beat writers block. Image copyright Wim Mulder from Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wimmulder/15653748/  Writers block is the scourge of the writing world, it can stop the best writers dead in their...

17 comments    writing writers writers block
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Poetry Challenge: I'm Cheating, But Here is a Poem

An Explanation: I Initiated a Random Poetry Challenge (or should I say, I revived an older hub) offering writers a series of words or phrases that they could use to create new poems. I'd promised to...

20 comments    arts poetry literature
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6 Creative Writing Exercises

Creative writing can be considered any writing that is an original composition. But it is more commonly considered to be any writing, whether it be fiction or non-fiction, that is not...

6 comments    writing creative writing
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Improving Descriptive Writing

However good a writer gets, there is always vast room for improvement, and descriptive writing is one of those areas where most writers fall short.

9 comments    writing success students
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Five Poetry Writing Exercises

Every poet can benefit from writing exercises because they give you the opportunity to brainstorm and practice new forms. For beginners, poetry exercises are a good way to learn how to write poetry. For...

17 comments    poetry writing literature
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Writing Exercise - Getting To Know Your Characters

The man in the dark suit stands stiffly as the small white dog sniffs around the grass, searching for the right place to pee. He sighs with impatience and scowls. He has better things to do than to walk his...

2 comments    advice tips arts
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A Random Poetry Challenge

Anybody out there want to take the challenge? That's right, I started out as a poet. Writing since I was twelve or thirteen years of age. Writing before I thought about careers and supporting myself and all...

58 comments    how to tips arts
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Louisiana Summer Sigh

Writing exercise in the form of a “simile smile” and an original poem about us and summer changing into the next season of life. How many times have you wanted to sit down and write a summer poem?...

15 comments    poetry change transformation
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6 Creative Writing Prompts

When you're at a writing stump or you just want to write about something different but you're not sure what, you can consider one of many writing prompts to help you along. There are a number of creative...

3 comments    writing creative writing
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Seven Easy Writing Exercises

The writer must exercise her/his writing "muscles" daily to improve as a writer the same way an athlete must exercise to improve in the sport. Most of us are familiar with free writing, but to break the...

12 comments    writer notebook journal
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