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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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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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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 🎉.
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Is It True Anyone Can Write?
The accessibility of writing as art + System 1 and System 2 of the brain & how the former works against us as artists; plus five exercises to get around…
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We have an inner window through which we see the world... it's our job to wipe it clean and see things as they really are. ~Sebastian Koch
Windows as agents of narrative significance, symbolism & even theme + writing exercises to explore window framing + Janet Burroway on her method of…
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All Flesh is Proud of Its Wounds
How to complicate the narrative of scar tissue + kiss the scar + uncover inherent desire for pain + illuminate the holiness of wounding + acknowledge…
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Unknowing the Known World
A meditation on letting go of what we know + a potent recipe for a micro-story
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Your Fierce Original Voice
It's here! The Letter Reimagined, Week One! Write With Us!
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"Did Moths Make These Star-Shaped Holes In My Blanket?"
FREE Dirty Messy Alive Embodied Memoir Writing workshop + One cool techno tool & one retro, old-school method for finding questions & harnessing their…
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Not Everything Looks Perfect From Far Away
The best craft essay I've ever written on the power of place ... and a kick-ass 7-step exercise to you help find it.
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My Father Is Not A Swan
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 compelling, surprising…
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The 5-Step WITD Method That Helped Get This Writer Into The NYT. She Calls It "A Total Game Changer." And You Can Use It, Too.
Creative work is sacred, vulnerable, and alive. It does not grow in the harsh soil of other people’s undisciplined opinions. I teach a better way, and…
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