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May 18, 20236 min read

Jon Papernick: Israel's Inspiration Got Me Back to Writing

Whenever I spend time in Israel I always feel like a more fully realized version of myself — healthier, happier, part of a historical...

Mar 30, 20235 min read

David Biddle: Winding Down with Spring Training: Last Thoughts for Writers

I wrote about baseball’s spring training season in The Story Plant blog a few weeks ago. In that piece, I pointed out that writers don’t...

Jun 27, 20224 min read

Judith Arnold: Thinking in Words

I still recall the day I ran into a classmate in college and asked her why she was beaming a megawatt smile. She told me she had just...

May 31, 20223 min read

Lisa King: The Thirteen-Year Idea

When did you know you wanted to become a writer? is a question that’s crossed my plate a few times by now, and I wish I could pinpoint...

May 27, 20222 min read

Laura Drake: Weakness—Your Greatest Strength

I saw this meme on social media today, and it reminded me of a huge discovery I made that changed how I saw the world. See, I’ve been an...

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