Craft Tips & Prompts

Tell a Great Story: 5 Moves for Unforgettable Narrative Poems

(Or just compelling storytelling)

Jul 26 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

REPLAY: Personal Essay

Thanks to everyone who came out and wrote some deep, vulnerable, and jew-dropping personal essays.

May 28 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

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Shame and Showmanship: 5 Steps to Intimate and Authentic Personal Essays

There is no writing more intimate or vulnerable than the personal essay: poems can be coded in metaphor and imagery, and stories are made of characters…

May 24 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Lists: Create Power and Propulsion in Your Writing

Establish Intimacy, Specificity, and Momentum

Apr 26 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Titles are More Important Than You Think

How to Propel Readers to Your First Line

Mar 22 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

The Art of the Unexpected Image: 5 Powerful Moves to Write Attention-Grabbing Imagery

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an unexpected image is worth a million.

Feb 23 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Where Will You Leave Your Heart: My Gift to You

Join us for a FREE Workshop to Celebrate the Launch Our Begin With Series

Feb 2 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

The Poetic Turn: 5 Strategic Steps to Get Your Writing Read and Shared

(Plus, the One Thing You Can Add to Your Poem to Keep Readers Holding Their Breath)

Jan 19 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Four Questions To Ask Every Poem

Using the Four Temperaments to Unlock Precision and Power

Dec 22, 2023 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Lean into Strange: How to Invite the Odd Into Your Life and Writing

I’ll tell you a secret, it is the odd that sticks with us—the moments, things, and people who are offbeat, eccentric.

Dec 1, 2023 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

Surprise: The Secret Sauce to Life and Art

How to Break Patterns, Do the Opposite, and Lean Into Pleasure and Pain

Nov 22, 2023 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

BONUS: 3 Ways to Use Brevity to Make Your Work (and Self) More Powerful

What budgets, reactions, and the right verbs can do for your writing and life

Oct 27, 2023 •

Kelly Grace Thomas

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