Smart Blogger

APRIL 14, 2023

Here are a few to get you started: Four Way Books Prize $1000 Swamp Pink Prize $2000 Wergle Flump Humour Poetry Contest 1st Prize $2000 Already won a few creative writing competitions? Poetry Workshops If you’re a little more experienced you could try your hand at a poetry workshop. Invite them to be part of your workshop.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Then the expat community led me to a drop-in workshop at Shakespeare & Company. I was still in creative mode—churning out characters and plot lines—not questioning commas. Since that hasty share, I’ve spent years attending and leading workshops. Good news—if you’re workshopping in person, you can still breathe.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or at least the folks at the Erma Bombeck Writing Workshop think so because they’ve honored me with the distinction of “Humor Writer of the Month,” in conjunction with the release of my new essay collection Party Like It’s 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death. For starters, it has helped sharpen my prose.

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The Write Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

While it’s not helpful for all kinds of writing, if you’re specializing in poetry or creative writing, it’s one of the go-to resources in the industry. Having it all in one place showed people that making a creative career was possible and a worthwhile endeavor. What else to know and their workshops.

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Smart Blogger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Learn how to beat your psychological creative blocks. Try a creative writing prompt. Give your excuses a reality check with Charles Bukowski’s myths of creativity. Breed creativity with rejection. Stay motivated with these practical quotes on the creative life. Understand why creativity comes and goes.

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Freelance Magic

JANUARY 3, 2023

Or their poetry-dripping prose. Some communities I’d recommend for freelance writers: Creative Freelancers Unite. 7: Attend events and workshops. If you want to amp up your community and networking efforts, tie your shoes and go to workshops and events in person. Maybe it’s their decades of experience. Peak Freelance.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Step up your writing game and meet fellow writers with The Deep Dive Workshop, a 10-week series from the podcast hosts of The S**t No One Tells You About Writing. Each week you’ll hear from expert writers and editors, followed by workshops led by Bianca, Carly or CeCe. I’m a literal thinker, so it’s hard for me to be wildly creative.

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