Toward Inspiration as Craft
Mercedes Lucero challenges the traditional, narrow view of craft in creative writing as purely technical with a focus on structure, technique, and formal elements. Instead, she argues for a broader, deeper understanding of craft that includes inspiration, identity, and self-awareness as integral parts of the creative process and calls for a redefinition of craft to include both technique and inspiration, treating inspiration not as an unteachable mystery, but as a developable skill.