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#64 WORKSHOP VII, Monday, 3:15-4:15 PM Location: Auditorium (Center of Campus) Instructor: Holly G. Miller, Saturday Evening Post

How to Keep up the Momentum After Mount Hermon A great writers’ workshop pumps up its participants. Anything seems possible. But what happens when we go home, reality kicks in, and we’re not surrounded by other writers? How can we avoid the big ker-thud? Several strategies will preserve the momentum and stir the creative juices. Know your creative hours

Expand your network

Do math (2x5x4x12=3 months)

Travel, travel, travel

Ready, set, write!

Get out of the box

Experiment with Mozart

Start a club

End in the middle of a…

Create a wish list

Get physical

Keep a journal

Learn from Leonardo

Go to school

Read, read, read

Conduct a survey

Put on your ears

Set output goals

Start a compost heap

Hone the mechanics

Create topic files

Consider a partner

Build a library

Send for stuff

Surf the web

Review books

Rotate magazines

Take a sabbatical

Enter contests

Hold onto that dream


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