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

Shawna Ayoub highlights the technique of using multiple narrators to foster compassion in a story, and offers an exercise so you can practice doing the same.
Write about a favorite vacation you've taken. Or, write about how a particular trip or travel experience has changed you.
Teneice Durrant, creator of Tarot with Ten, returns with another tarot reading as visual writing prompt for writers. June’s prompt concerns a story’s climax.
In her 55th post, Helena offers the conclusion of the continuation of a scene from her beloved young adult novel, Ruthie Pincus of Brooklyn.
In honor of Pride month, we encourage you to buy books by LGBTQIA authors from LGBTQIA-owned independent bookstores, starting with these five selections in various genres.
A drop of water can reflect something as vast as the ocean or the dawn sky. Write to show the tension of trying to contain something large.
Community is about showing up for ourselves and others so no one gives up.
This month's tarot reading for writers will help you build your story's rising action through visual writing prompts.

Shawna Ayoub moves "beyond the book review" in not only recommending great books by diverse writers, but highlighting a technique to apply to your own writing.

Consider the various places you've called home. What made them home? What do you need to nest and feel secure?