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Writing is hard work.

Don\\u2019t laugh.

Writers may not move mountains, literally, but we often do so with our minds. To be a successful writer, you need to write. To write, you need to conquer obstacles and writing blocks that arise. And you need to do that quickly.

USA Today bestselling author Kelly McClymer is here to help with her podcast Hack Your Muse. Find the right hack to bust your block and get back to writing without delay.

Today\\u2019s guest is Alison Tugwell. Alison is a poet. Poetry takes a special muse. Can you imagine telling a story in as few words as possible? Those words better be very well chosen, or the story will be lost, right?

Transcript: Allison Tugwell

00:00 Welcome Muse Hackers, you\\u2019re listening to the Hack Your Muse podcast with Kelly McClymer. Our mission is to help you discover your muse, and write what you want, when you want, and how you want. Today\\u2019s guest is Allison Tugwell, an Austin-based author, slam poet, and business life coach.

02:00 Skipping my first question: Exactly what is Slam poetry?

04:30 What do you think of when you think of a writing muse as a concept? Tapping into an inner child.

08:20 That place where the writing comes through, the muse, is that the same place where the voices that stop also come through?

12:40 Poetry is get in and get out. How do you know when it\\u2019s done?

14:50 \\u201cA Live Line\\u201d poem and reading by Allison.

18:36 The first time you\\u2019ve ever written a story. As a poetry writer, have you ever written a story? Did you feel like a writer when you wrote and got published?

23:07 For poetry, you have to listen to that want/don\\u2019t-want pull. What\\u2019s your favourite muse hack?

26:30 Find Allison Tugwell online. For a free mindmap or How to get Published blueprint, go to bit.ly/GetMyBookPublishedBlueprint. Then find the FloWriters writer accountability Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/flowriters

If you love this podcast and want to support it with real dollars and cents, I have the perfect course for you on teachable. Meet Your Muse is a minicourse that will show you how to unleash the power of your muse while at the same time reining in some of her most creativity crushing bad habits. If you spend more time thinking about writing than actually writing, Meet Your Muse can help you turn that around. Once you\\u2019ve met your muse, you will have the keys to creating the most productive writing sessions ever, even if you only have 10 minutes a day to write.

Remember one page a day, 250 words, equals 364 pages to 90,000 words. That could be two short books, or one good-sized book, or five or six or more short stories, articles, or blog posts. Isn\\u2019t that worth $20 in two hours or less of your time? The best perk, you will be supporting this podcast to continue seeking out the best muse hacking writers around and sharing that wisdom with you for free.

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