6 Skills You Need to be a Writer and 3 Skills You Don’t

2023

Oct 25

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is an intersectional feminist, poet, and teaching artist. She is host of The Poetry Lab Podcast and a 2023 artist grantee for the California Creative Corps. Danielle is the author of Makes the Daughter-in-Law Cry, winner of the Clockwise Chapbook Prize. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Hayden’s Ferry Review, Vinyl, Four Way Review, Transom, Connotation Press, and others. She is a proud co-founder of The Poetry Lab and currently serves as the organization’s Executive Director.

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Hey poets!

We’ve heard it before: to be a good writer you have to have endured some trauma, sprinkled with a dash of isolation, topped with several hardships to draw out the muses.

In this episode, Danielle offers a chance for creatives to reconsider what's necessary and what's often misunderstood about living a creative life.

She emphasizes that being a writer is not defined by accolades or credentials, but by the intention and dedication with which one approaches their craft.

Goodbye tortured artist. 😫

Hello, happy, healthy, nurtured creative soul. 🥰