by nicolebreit | 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 | 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 | 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”...
