Writer's block happens to beginners and seasoned writers alike. If you're feeling pessimistic about your 2026 writing goals, or simply need to get your creative flow back, join award-winning poet, playwright, memoirist, and oral storyteller, Anne Marie Wells, for this creative writing workshop where she'll introduce Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies and teach you how to use this framework to create a writing practice that works for YOU.
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