Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

Talking to students

Twenty-eight things I say to creative writing students when asked

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Apr 18, 2026
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“Self-portrait in Surprise and Terror” (1791), Joseph Ducreux

A couple times a year, I’m lucky to be invited to speak to undergraduate and graduate writing students. Questions are often similar: how do you come up with ideas? How do you schedule your day? What do you do when you get edits you don’t like?

I’m not one for giving advice, but I know certain t…

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