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Writing Practices: Go wide, then deep, then wide

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

A new creativity experiment

Welcome to June, Reader!

Summer feels like it has finally arrived, and I'm winding down the book launch and stacking up my summer reading and writing projects. How about you?

I've got a few things that might interest you today:

  • June's writing experiment—a fun creativity stretch
  • Workbook Workshop reminder (registration closes next week)
  • A lightly revised workbook for The Writer's Process

Summer's about here, so let's not waste time.

The experiment: Wide, deep, wide

How often does brainstorming fit into your creative process? Do you leave it by the wayside once you're working on a project?

This month's writing experiment will tempt you to toggle between divergent and convergent thinking—going wide and going deep.

​Watch it on my YouTube channel.

Workbook Workshop for June

In one week, I'll send out the first assignment to the June Workbook Workshop cohort. Will you be part of it?

This small-group engagement is always both fun and enlightening. And it might give a perfect, summer-sized writing project!

​Find more and register here.​

I've updated The Writer's Process Workbook!

Because the

You can find it in all of the usual places (ask your favorite bookseller to order it.) Or you can get the PDF directly from me here—no middleman.

​Buy the PDF​

That's plenty for now.

I hope June brings you long, lovely, sunny days filled with reading, writing, and meaningful work.

Anne

PO Box 66285 Scotts Valley, CA 95067

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