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Afraid To Share Your Writing? Try This.
Being highly sensitive is a gift for writers, but it can make it very difficult to share your writing if you’ve ever felt shut down by someone’s reaction to it. I know how hard it can be to come back and share your work again. But if you’ve ever felt burned by a...
Do You Need an MFA In Creative Writing to Be a Published Writer?
I’ve had writers in my programs ask me; I don’t have an MFA, can I still publish my book? Do you really need an MFA in creative writing to be a published writer? To them I say, Writer, you don’t need an MFA to be a published writer. However, it may benefit you in...
The Creative Writing Technique No One Talks About
There is no one way to write more creative stories. However, there IS a creative writing technique that I use to write with more ease and creativity. This method has also helped many writers in my writing programs go from struggling to get words on paper to looking...
3 Easy Steps to Inspired Creative Writing
If you have a burning desire to share your stories with the world, but you don’t know the steps to inspired creative writing, this video is for you. Today, I’m pulling back the curtain on my EXACT step-by-step process for writing with more creativity and flow. My...
Writer’s Block? Try These 7 Secret Strategies
The cure for writer’s block is HERE – and all you need is a small notepad like the one in the video! If you’ve ever wondered how to shift into the creative part of your brain so you can write, this video is for you. Everyone says the hardest part of writing is getting...
Struggling to Write? The 3 Truths No One Talks About
Are you a creative writer struggling to overcome writer’s block? Perhaps trying, and failing, to get your stories on the page – even when following advice from the experts? It’s not your fault. In this video, I am breaking down the top three myths I had to unlearn to...
Imagining our way out: anti-racism resources for writers
"[What gives me hope now is...] the writers who are coming into being during a time that threatens the very foundation of a world we like to think of as having progressed from the dark recesses of a bygone world. We are seeing so much of that illusion coming apart and...
Discovering new ways into story: A Q + A with Rowan McCandless
"These innovative forms have allowed me to discover new ways into story, especially about difficult subject matter. I'm excited and honoured to be joining Nicole in mentoring writers as she has mentored me."~ Rowan McCandless I first came to know Rowan in...
How I help life writers craft their best work
I love the work I do, helping brave truth tellers write their stories. And I love celebrating when writers are recognized for the work they produce in one of my classes -- when they get their first acceptance with a journal, their name on a contest...
Everyone’s life is a story: A Q and A with Rita Pomade
"What I learned in writing the book was that my life was a story. And by extension, everyone’s life is a story. It’s how you perceive it and the extent to which you’re reactive or proactive that can make it a more or less interesting story. And even...
I ‘m Nicole Breit
- Award winning poet and essayist residing on Canada’s gorgeous Sunshine Coast, the traditional territory of the Skwx̱wú7mesh people.
- Creative writing teacher whose passion is to help writers discover new ways to shape their memories into well-crafted narratives.