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When studying craft interferes with creating

I have not written anything in six months because I started reading too much theory about poetry and now I second-guess every word before I write it

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Excessive analytical knowledge paralyzes intuitive creative processes.

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“Where Are You with Poetry — the oldest creative form?”

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