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Elizabeth Spann Craig

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December 8, 2025

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Why Writers Need Deliberate Breaks

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com I’ve learned stepping away from writing can be just as important as showing up at the keyboard. But it’s been a tough lesson and something I still really [...]

February 22, 2021

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How My Creative Pursuits Inform My Writing

by Rhiannon Gelston I consider myself a rather creative person. Not just in what I do, but in how I view things. My mom is extremely creative and I do think that it [...]

October 19, 2018

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Entertainment as Inspiration: Music

by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig For years I’ve disputed the fact that music has any sort of influence on my writing at all.  I think this is because, when I write, I can [...]

October 15, 2018

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Entertainment as Inspiration: TV and Films

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve written before about being intentional about free time.  By doing a little planning ahead, I feel a lot more relaxed and recharged.  Instead of looking for something [...]

June 29, 2018

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Filling the Creative Well

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was stumped a couple of months ago by a question from a very sharp writer in a high school creative writing class.  He asked me what I [...]

April 2, 2018

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How To Develop Creative Receptivity

by Nicky Blue, @itsnickyblue ‏ ‘The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.’ — Sigmund Freud When I [...]

January 13, 2017

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Creative Challenges for Better Productivity

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I think that we need something to spur us on and get us going. We need something different to help us either grow or keep ourselves engaged. [...]

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