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Tip 5 for Creative Growth: Collaborate with Nature
And the magic of walking
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Tip 4 for Creative Growth: Talk to Strangers
(The gift of a yellow corduroy hat and a chat with a climate scientist)
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Tip 3 for Creative Growth: Invite Yourself into a Community of Good Fortune
Redefining what it means to be lucky
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"Mummy is Writing." Sort of.
The ups and downs of a being a writing mum/mom
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Tip 2 For Creative Growth: Live a Creative Life
Focus less on just 'making stuff' and more on the most beautiful creative act of all: how you live your life. "The real work of the artist is a way of…
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What counts as writing - beyond putting words on the page?
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Welcome to my First Newsletter: Being Generous & Being Lucky
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Writing when you've been cracked open
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Comparison is the thief of joy
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Tip 1 For Creative Growth: Cherish Your Inimitability
Series: 7 Tips For Creative Growth
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Introduction: 7 Tips For Creative Growth
(Aside: Do we really need writing advice?)
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Writing when you've been cracked open
"I think it’s what we all strive for as writers, to drill down to those essential truths. In daily life, we need to work hard to get at them. When life…
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What kind of (writing) advice do we need right now? Gentle encouragement or tough love?
A week of polarised reading
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What are your obsessions - and how do they show up in your writing?
Welcome back to the writing café - get your favourite mug, fill it with something warm and delicious, take out your notebook and pen and let's get…
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Comparison is the thief of joy
(And why INIMITABLE is one of my favourite words in the English language.)
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Where I store my creative ideas - and how "Ideas are driven by a single impulse: to be made manifest. "
Thank you for coming back to THE WRITING CAFÉ: I’m so very glad you’re here. I reached 100 subscribers this week and I know that Substack isn’t really…
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The Writing Café by Virginia Macgregor
The Writing Café by Virginia Macgregor
Welcome to The Writing Café. Grab a warm drink, settle into a comfy seat, pull out your notebook and let's talk reading and writing and creativity - and do some writing together too.
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