reading and writing a life
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Throughout the month of February, t.s. wright and I have been enjoying the Southeast Review’s Daily Writer’s Regimen. On Day Twenty-Two, Anne Valente’s Craft Talk, “Constellated Images” was featured. I will now share this with you. ANNE VALENTE “CONSTELLATED IMAGES” In his recent Writers’ Chronicle article,…
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There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot–things are not as they seem. ~ Jim Thompson I love this quote. While I can’t say that there are indeed precisely thirty-two ways to write a story,…
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Reading through Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary, published by her husband, Leonard Woolf, can be likened to trying to put a 10,000 piece 3D puzzle together while blindfolded. And then, just when I’m hopelessly lost, her voice comes through with such intense clarity and insight I am left…
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“To defend what you’ve written is a sign that you are alive.” ~ William Zinsser Today, I invite all hard laboring writers to defend something you’ve written. No matter if it’s old or new, no matter if it has been published or hides out in the bottom…
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Just as RicoChey is suggesting a mob of us writers collaborate, I begin reading a book about creative collaboration. In Big Magic, Liz Gilbert puts forth her experiences with inspiration — that thing of mysterious quality and substance, like fairy dust — and putting herself to work at the…
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No, I’m not broaching the topic of Resolutions. Not exactly. When first I peeked into WordPress, I did so with the intention of finding a site capable of hosting all my writerly blatherings. I love poetry, dabble in fiction, and have a tendency to go on week-long…
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How’s November treating you? How are you treating November? Don’t forget to unchain yourselves from the writing desk occasionally. You may be a novel-making superhero, but ya still need protein and fresh air once in a while. I have never fully participated in NaNo, though I did…
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A rather obvious statement —> Historically, river ways have been vital to the development of human societies around the globe. Fresh water means survival — in the basic sense, yes. Our earliest pre-urban ancestors made rivers central to growing their communities by gathering fish, water fowl, muscles, river…
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I recently finished reading a book called “Hawley Book of the Dead” by Chrysler Szarlan. Over the first few pages, the first person narrator foreshadowed the death of her husband at least six different ways. It wasn’t subtle, she came right out and said, “On the day I…
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What I enjoy most about writing prompts is watching the many different directions several writers might take with a single word or phrase. Inspiration is an awe inspiring thing, yes, but inspiration is not free of being influenced by our own emotional focus at the time of encountering a prompt.…
Kathy Boles-Turner 