How to Incorporate Photography into Your Poetry
Incorporating visual art into your poetry can expand your storytelling skills while enhancing your reader’s experience. If you wish to add an artistic element to your writing, but illustration isn’t your forte, consider trying to incorporate photography into your poetry.
5 Spring Activities to Help With Writer’s Block
With only a few weeks left of winter, many of us are looking forward to warmer days and springtime blooms. Although spring is largely regarded as perhaps the most inspiring time of the year, if you find yourself struggling to
5 Dreamy Writing Prompts for Pisces Season
If you’re feeling even more poetic than usual, it might be because it’s Pisces season. As the twelfth sign of the zodiac, empathetic, ethereal, and emotional Pisceans are more connected to the arts than any other sign, from poetry to
Writing Tips: Love Poems
Love is in the air this month. Whether you’re celebrating sisterhood at a Galentine’s Day gathering, spending time with your significant other, or simply feeling gratitude for your loved ones, you’re likely feeling inspired to translate this complex emotion through
Tips For Designing a Poetry Portfolio Website
If you’re a poet, chances are you want to create a space to showcase your work. Whether you’re a poetry pro or a hobbyist with goals of being published, consider designing a poetry portfolio website to attract editors or secure
How to Start Your Own Writers Group
If you’re looking to build community and grow your creative writing skillset this year, consider starting your own writing group. Whether you casually meet with friends or start a more formal group in your local community, here are some tips
Ways to Stay Creatively Inspired This Year as a Writer
At the start of the new year, you likely set resolutions or intentions for your writing practice. But, you might also be wondering how to keep your creative spirit lit throughout 2024. For inspiration, we’ve created some tips to help
Poetry Deep Dive: Free Verse vs Organic Form
In the vast landscape of poetry, two distinct forms stand out as rebels—they break away from traditional constraints like rhyme and meter. Free verse poetry and organic poetry, though the terms are often used interchangeably, possess unique characteristics that set
Winter Writing Exercises to Help You Embrace the Outdoors
Winter is officially here, which means chilly air, gray skies, and barren landscapes, all making it challenging to venture outdoors and enjoy nature. The weather might have you hunkering down, longing for inviting, warm, sunny days. If you find yourself
Finding Writing Inspiration in a Word of the Year
Similar to setting new year’s resolutions or intentions, choosing a word of the year is a popular practice at the start of a new year. Picking a word of the year can help you determine what aspects of your life
A Quick Guide to Poetic Forms (And How to Make the Most of Them)
Meter, rhyme, and line breaks are a poet’s playground. Whether writing in free verse or classic couplets, poets use these elements to give a poem shape and structure; this shape is called form. There are countless types of forms poets
Snow-Themed Prompts to Help You Create a Poetic Winter Wonderland
This season, are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Playing “Let it Snow” on a loop? Watching holiday movie after holiday movie, awestruck by snowy scenes? Snow is a go-to element in winter-themed art, so why not incorporate snow into