Tag: perfection
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Protected: Of Misery, No Baby Seats and Shylo, Our Protective Chihuahua …
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Protected: Of Tough Exteriors, Fear and Awareness …
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Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…
What draws us to write is often comprises that which presents our greatest challenge when writing a story, or novel. The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption. So what…
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Loosening Up
I tried many exercises in the various writing groups in which I participated before entering graduate school, and working towards earning my MFA. None left an impression, or stuck with me. This is not to say the exercises held no merit. Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent…
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How do you know you’re a writer?
How do you know you’re a writer? I struggle with this question while readying my second book, a novel, The House, for publication in fall 2009. I graduated my MFA program–Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington–in July 2006. The afternoon following commencement I was fortunate enough to open my e-mail and see a publisher’s request to…