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Guide for Creative Publication by UCLA Professors
For many story-loving creatives out there, one of the biggest goals to pursue besides avoiding the …
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Writer’s Block: 15 Prompts to Overcome Every Writer’s Worst Enemy
Writer’s block: can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Avid writers sometimes go through dry …
A Not-So-Experienced Writer’s Journey Towards Letting Go
Throughout my first experience taking a fiction writing class, I learned to hone my voice as a …
False Spring Blues: Tchau Pessoa
False spring coming to an end only means two things: the arrival of summer and the departure of the …
Take a Creative Writing Class Even if It Has Nothing to Do With Your Major
Everybody needs a creative outlet — whether that expresses itself in art or photography, everyone …
7 Up and Coming Lit Mags To Submit Your Work To
While you might consider The New Yorker or The Paris Review your dream journals, your chances of …
How I Turned My Personal Journals into a Published Book
Throughout my entire life, I have written about 12 full journals. Since I was 10, I’ve been …
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A Holly Jolly Script: A Q&A with the Ultimate Hallmark Screenwriting Duo
Hot chocolate instead of coffee, lazy mornings with no assignments and snowy movie nights, aka, a …
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How to Use Your Creative Writing Degree: 10 Tips and Tricks
Every person must write at some point in their life, however not everybody’s mind proves to have …
How to Become a Published Poet
Have you ever wondered how you could make money writing beautiful poems that move people? No one …
Should You Sell Out? On the Value of Writing from an English Major
For this to make sense I should say one thing first: I’m an English major. That should do a lot of …
The Write Words: A Q&A Look at the Life of an Author
Author Jack Kerouac once said, “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” …
10 Books to Teach White People How to Be Anti-Racist
“I’m not racist.” These words stumble out of white mouths in a panic. What do these words mean? The …
10 Black Authors Who Changed the World
Black voices seem to remain silenced and stifled throughout history. To this day the American school …
22 Best Writing Tools to Grow Your Blog
So you want to be a blogger? In 2020, we creatives consider ourselves to be #selfmade. With COVID-19 …
Cultivating Your Craft: Advice on Becoming a Novelist
The chatter dissipated as he waddled into the classroom. His cool eyes scanned over us, unimpressed …
How Pursuing a Writing Passion Changed my College Experience
As an opportunist, I naturally take chances when I see them in order to grow and prosper–and …
CM’s Expert Guide to Ensure Your Writing Slays
Whether you write songs, articles, essays, sins or tragedies, every type of writer can work to …
10 Writing Jobs to Prove You Won’t Be Unemployed Forever
You have an English degree; you’ve spent tireless hours completing reading after reading, spent late …
Overcoming Writer’s Block When You’re in Serious Need of Creative Liberation
Let me guess: You hopped on the internet hoping to spark motivation after a long fight with writer’s …
Invest In Yourself Even When It Feels Wrong
I was in 4th grade when my writing was first published. This is no “I was a gifted kid!” flex, as I …
Why We Need More Women in Journalism
In 2020, society reflects on the past decades and decades of tribulations, challenges and …
CM’s Inside Look at the Writers’ League of Texas
The Writers’ League of Texas – Austin, Texas A college internship is a major game-changer when it …
What is Clickbait Exactly? (A New Face Wash That Makes Your Eyes Glow in the Dark)
Have you ever found yourself scrolling on Insta to find a headline that immediately caught your …
