by nicolebreit | Dec 20, 2019 | creative writing online course, creativity, Uncategorized
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 shortlist, or...
by nicolebreit | Mar 6, 2019 | creative writing, creativity
“In Ancient Greece and Rome people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings. People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source. The Greeks famously called...
by nicolebreit | Jan 16, 2019 | creative writing online, creativity, personal essays
Working with more than 100 writers over the last two years (and witnessing nearly 400 genre-blending stories make their way into the world) has given me a much greater understanding of the creative process, the most common blocks for life writers, and an even deeper...
by nicolebreit | Oct 7, 2015 | creative writing, creativity, poetry, spirituality
What makes a poem? I’ve asked songwriters this question. “What inspired this? How did this amazing thing happen? Where do songs come from?” When I asked my friend, Eryn, she shrugged, raising her hands as if to say “I don’t know”...
I'm Nicole Breit, an award winning poet and essayist residing on Canada’s gorgeous Sunshine Coast, the traditional territory of the Skwx̱wú7mesh people.
I'm also a creative writing teacher whose passion is to help writers discover new ways to shape their memories into well-crafted narratives.