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How Do You Gauge Your Creative Success?
A few tips I've learned about keeping my faith in myself--and how to achieve goals more aligned to who I am
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Set Writing Goals You'll Actually Keep, Part 1
Two steps to making writing goals that are true to you--not what the world says you should be
Jan 9
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Risk and Recovery, Part 4
Why preparing for performance eases the stress
Dec 26, 2025
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Risk and Recovery, Part 3
Finding out what would really satisfy you by becoming realistic in your expectations
Dec 19, 2025
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Risk and Recovery, Part 2
Nurturing the part of you that stretches the most during a big risk can help you recover faster
Dec 12, 2025
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Mary Carroll Moore
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Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice
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How do we recover from risk, a natural and needed part of the creative life? Part 1 of a four-part series to help you get back to your creative work…
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Why a little focus on what's working, boosts the creative spirit
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Story Space: Creating Passion in Your Nonfiction Writing
Why being engaged matters more to a reader than being persuaded to your point
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Building a Believable World in Your Story
Every story has its own world. How do you make it real without letting it take over?
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Ramping Up the Scary--Or Any Emotion
A simple technique to try, if you need more intensity
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Bad Decisions--How They Form a Successful Plot
Not always, but often, bad choices lead characters into conflict
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Writing Outside Your Story
Using short assignments to get unstuck when you get overwhelmed or bored by your writing
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