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The Center blog is teeming with tips and inspiration for starting and maintaining your writing practice.

In her 52nd post, Helena shares another chapter from her favorite of her original works, Ruthie Pincus of Brooklyn.
Teneice Durrant returns with tarot as visual prompts to develop your story's love interest.
Place becomes character when we cannot separate place from story—but how do we achieve that effect? Here are three points of focus.
What is the quality you admire most in others? What one trait or tendency do you appreciate so much when a loved one shows up for you?
Shawna Ayoub explores a retelling of a beloved classic and points out how retellings can provide structure and an end point from the start of writing.
Teneice Durrant, creator of Tarot with Ten, offers visual writing prompts to develop your protagonist.
In her 51st post, Helena reflects on the loss of her son's father and the first holiday without him. 
Writing can be a great way to slow down, to savor, because it demands presence of mind and attention to detail.
They say every snowflake is unique, that no two are alike. What makes you unique?
If we don't take time to examine our feelings thoroughly, we might be limiting our ability to portray relatable feelings in our writing.