The Written Scene

For some creatives, the drive to create and constantly be creating is strong. It can sometimes even be overwhelming. But poet Hilary Broman knows her life without balance of other creative and non-creative endeavors besides poetry would make for a frustrating life. Not only is she still focused on finishing a delayed college career in speech pathology, she teaches dancing to kids on the side. This mix of creative and non-creative facets of her life not only drive her writing but keeps her writing from become a job or chore.

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With everything, balance is needed for poet Hilary Broman. In this brief teaser she explains why. Hear the full episode next week.

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Jim will never stop writing, even if one day he creates something as masterful as the Coen Brothers film "Barton Fink." Whether it's fiction or screenplay or other genres not named poetry, it's a part of who he is and will always be.

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Enjoy this brief teaser of next week's episode with writer Jim Ruland.

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Early on, Omar had no significant aspirations to be a poet or musician until that one fateful day when a teacher literally woke him up in class and sparked a creative fire in him that carries on to this day. Omar is a poet, musician, school counselor, father, and fantastic human being to talk to and be around.

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Enjoy this brief teaser of next week's episode with Omar Musisko, a poet, musician, and overall great human being.

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Victoria's favorite thing about teaching and coaching other writers is watching their growth and discovery of the story they were meant to tell. Still, if she has a deadline for her own writing, there's a good chance she'll knock it out last minute, thanks to episodes of manicness and ADHD. And yet she still crushes it every time.

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Enjoy this brief teaser of next week's episode with writer and teacher Victoria Leyva.

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Caryn has spent around half of her life in the marketing world. Because of this, she has significant insight into why we creatives struggle with the marketing end of our work. And if you didn't know, Caryn's a pretty great poet, too.

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Enjoy this brief, shining moment with marketer and writer Caryn Josepher.

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