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On superpowers + writing constraints + fragments + the tyranny of confirmation bias and "this one weird trick" for getting around it + changing the past and ourselves simply by writing about it
Join us in April for 30 days of super potent prompts to sharpen awareness, engage the senses, heighten curiosity & transform your writing (while generating the foundation for lots of new material)
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[Note: I sent this out earlier tonight to paid subscribers only, when I MEANT to sent it as a free post & gift to ALL subscribers—as my thanks for being part of this community. But I am still learning Substack, so I made a mistake. I am sorry for the double post. And I hope that…
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On the devastation & elation of cars + traveling hundreds of miles without leaving + a step-by-step evergreen & infinitely effective writing exercise for mining any genre of story from remembered cars
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An animated conversation about the difficult and sometimes dangerous waters of memoir writing, and why it can be worth the (very real) risks
On grown-up teeth, bruised shins, renaissance festivals, frozen placentas and new white oaks, and the beautiful, necessary imperfection of our deepest…
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Plus thoughts on exteriority, tense, point of view, "aboutness," time control & observing others' work to inform your own
What working the nursing home night shift as a 17-year-old foster kid taught me about helplessness and the comfort and horror of bodies, plus the rich…
Because writer friends are the best friends, and, as overwhelming as it is, there's nothing like 14,000 writers all converging in one place to celebrate…
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The astonishing power of slowing time in writing & how to do it + Carolyn Forche's "poetry of witness," Ocean Vuong's magnification of a moment & Joy…
You can tear a thing apart and tape it back together, and it will still be torn and whole. There is no other way. Also: the tyranny of time and the wild…
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The real risks of creativity + why selfishness + the astonishing grace of Philip Larkin + a detailed writing exercise to get us out of our heads and…
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