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Thinking Like an Editor: How to Order Your Poetry Manuscript

by April Ossmann

The Practical Writer

March/April 2011

Ordering a poetry collection requires the ability to see each poem from a distance as well as analyze the manuscript as a whole. The former executive editor of Alice James Books reveals her strategies for editing a strong book.

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creative process | revision | writing practices

How to Get Unstuck: The Psychology of Writer’s Block

by Dennis Cass

The Literary Life

January/February 2010

A look at the psychology of writers block and how scientific studies in creativity offer insight into how writers can use the tools they already have to break through.

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creative process | habits | revision

Improvisers and Revisers: An Experiment in Spontaneity

by Ken Gordon

The Literary Life

May/June 2006

It took a long time to write these words. I'm not referring to the psychosomatic affliction known as writer's block. I mean the delays caused by the process of composition and revision.

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creative process | habits | revision

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