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

Helena shares an original story about a boy who comes into his own through his relationship with a prize-winning but stubborn cow.
Adverbs can keep us from choosing the strongest verb, the word that creates both physical and emotional movement. Make stronger verb choices with this exercise.
Teneice Durrant returns for the June full moon with a tarot reading, ritual for releasing creative blocks, and writing exercise. Writers, stop planning and start writing.
Do you play a musical instrument? Collect records? Love driving with the windows down and the stereo turned up? Is there a particular piece of music that is connected to a certain event, person, or era of your life...?
It’s almost time to unroll the beach towel, hang the hammock, or dust off the porch swing and curl up with a good book. Here are five recommendations in five categories.
In her 44th post, Helena Clare Pittman tells the second part of her March story of adolescent rebellion.
Teneice Durrant, creator of Tarot with Ten, is back this month with a full moon tarot reading, ritual for releasing creative blocks, and writing exercise. Writers, dive deep and put in the work.
There are so many ways to write fiction! Here, we share a handful of the most popular ones, plus an exercise to start or jump-start your practice.
Have you ever made a splash with something you've said or done? What happened, and how did it make you feel? What was the ripple effect?
Poetry persists because we reach for it to understand our shared humanity. Here are five books to reach for during National Poetry Month.