Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, , Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts. provides tools that artists of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them into all genres and all areas of life.