Soothing the Ravenous Soul

For writers and creatives, the daily battles can be won not just through countless counter attacks, but with extra doses of self-care and time set aside for creative pursuits.

All the Colors and Textures of Travel

Wanderlusting and globetrotting fire up the heart and spark endless creativity, so energize your writing by grabbing your passport, holstering your journal, and getting out into the world. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― Rumi Jalalud-Din The airport is as busy as a beehive, cars come and go, passengers get out or get […]

Hell or High Water

For writers, the past is a bottomless well we can return to again and again, but what do you do with those painful memories that never quite heal?

The Space to Create

The perfect writer’s nook is as individual as the writer. Not only that, it can change as the writer changes. Train your inner writer to create under all kinds of circumstances.

Your Story Matters

Using narrative timelines helps writers find the pain points that can inform and elevate their creative writing and heal their soul.

Soul in the Sky

As writers, we leave our harbors and explore new seas to find adventure but also to find our way back home — smarter, stronger, and more alive than when we sailed.

A Truth Universally Acknowledged

In honor of the 205th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, a reposting of an old Daily Creative Writer exploration of the connection between canned fish and Mr. Darcy. During the first fits and starts of what was to become The Daily Creative Writer, my initial posts ran the gamut from personal essays to bits and pieces […]

All the Little Savageries

When freedom starts to take a back seat to responsibility and ambition, the writer wonders, “must I become a monster?”

Lean Into Pain and Feel the Love

As writers, we may avoid the page because we fear the fatal sting of failure, but falling into the pain will free your imagination and allow your creativity to thrive.

Hell-Raisers and Truth Chasers

You don’t have to be a firebrand to change the world, just aim for the truth and write from the heart.

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