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🧵 Thursday Thread: Caramel Rolls Are My Ritual. What's Yours?
Rituals are how we step into our private field of dreams, a small Elysium all our own. Rituals are made not just for us, but for those we want to pass…
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Caramel Rolls Are My Ritual. What's Yours?
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Each scene takes us into a crucial moment ... and should engage both our emotions and our minds by creating real-time momentum or action…
Week Three | Art of the Scene: Staying In The Story Even When You Leave Narrative Time
Nov 20
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Each scene takes us into a crucial moment ... and should engage both our emotions and our minds by creating real-time momentum or action. ~Jordan Rosenfeld
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Be Yourself... An Remember That Desire Determines Who You Become
Two more tiny lessons for building a creative life of words
Nov 19
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Be Yourself... An Remember That Desire Determines Who You Become
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Be Brave & Write Beautifully
Two tiny lessons for building a creative life of words
Nov 18
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Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts
An oldie but goodie as Writing in the Dark turns two next month 🎉.
Nov 15
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Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Writing From Reading Thousands of Manuscripts
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Do Stories Even Matter?
Does the mere act of creating stories imply hope, even in the darkest narratives?
Nov 14
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🧵 Thursday Thread: Do Stories Even Matter?
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The only difference between writing a scene as a novelist and writing a scene as a journalist ... is that journalists do not fabricate…
Week Two | Art of the Scene: Staying In The Story by Staying In Narrative Time
Nov 13
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The only difference between writing a scene as a novelist and writing a scene as a journalist ... is that journalists do not fabricate scenes; they report them. ~ Lauren Kessler
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All creatures know love.
All creatures know love.
Nov 12
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All creatures know love.
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First, I Made A Wish
Lit Salon: A triptych of defiant hope
Nov 11
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One Tiny Knot Lets Go
Exactly eight years ago, I found myself in line at the co-op with no wallet.
Nov 8
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🧵 Thursday Thread: This is How Civilizations Heal
Artists have always faced steep challenges head on. It is our calling and our mandate.
Nov 7
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🧵 Thursday Thread: This is How Civilizations Heal
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"We write the scenes that are most resonant, then rely on summary to pitch us forward in time, until we arrive at another important moment…
Week One | Art of the Scene: Moving Through Time
Nov 6
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"We write the scenes that are most resonant, then rely on summary to pitch us forward in time, until we arrive at another important moment" ~Rachel Beanland
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