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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

by Lindsey Charlton on January 15, 2010

When I first seriously considered being a writer, I was in college. I was majoring in Music, but going to a liberal arts college meant that I was also taking at least three other classes not directly related to my major.
In addition to the one Creative Writing class I was taking (finally, as a senior, […]

How to Put Your Creativity to Work

by Lindsey Charlton on January 12, 2010


How to cheer someone up

by Lindsey Charlton on June 25, 2009


Nothing to Write About?

by Lindsey Charlton on March 13, 2009


Beautiful Soup

by Lindsey Charlton on February 23, 2009


Nine bookmarks

by Edward Atkinson on November 10, 2008


The 5 Ultimate Writing Tools To Charm Your Muse

by Edward Atkinson on July 24, 2008


How to Write a Pantoum

by Lindsey Charlton on May 21, 2008


How to Formulate a Battle Plan

by Lindsey Charlton on May 7, 2008


How to Track What You’re Listening to

by Lindsey Charlton on April 29, 2008


Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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