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Writing that Sings and Sears
They say you should use the "reflective voice" ... but is it true? And what does it really mean?
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Twinkling Is Just An Effect
How I found myself writing a poem for a Taylor Swift anthology in response to a song I'd never heard by a star I barely knew
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🧵 Thursday Thread: What's Your Ordinary Delight? It can be almost anything.
"Something implies that the more you study delight, the more delight there is to study.”― Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”― Heraclitus, Fragments
Week Four| Art of the Scene: Slowing Down Time
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For the Joy & the Sorrow: A 12-Week Intensive for Writing the World Starts January 8!
Also, I spoke to Write-Minded about attention, playfulness & surprise + tonight's free reading for the launch of Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to…
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Don’t Let Writing Advice Silence Your Authorial Voice?
Lit Salon on the perennial question of writing instruction ... and whether it does more harm than good
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The Singing of Unstable Places
From the Archive: Exploring how an "unstable ‘almost but not quite’ situation transcends fascination, and leads to beauty and deep significance"
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."~ George Bernard Shaw
Week Four| Art of the Scene: Bringing an Interior Scene to Life
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What An Editor Really Wants
Lit Salon on five things I want to see in writing ... and five things I don't
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WITD Group Write-In TODAY, 1 PM Central; Come Write With Us!
Join us TODAY Nov 25 for a Group Write-In! Zoom Link & Info Here
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My Father Is Not A Swan
From the Archive: Lit Salon on what a "narrative turn" really is, why it matters, and how you can include them in your writing to make it more…
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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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