Posts Tagged ‘wisdom about writing’
The City Our Writing Teacher: Success as Disintegration
by Mary Rakow We see disintegration in the city all the time. New objects become trash. Dumpsters fill up and are emptied. Streets are torn up, sewer lines replaced. Cars fall apart, are repaired. But we shy away from disintegration because it’s scary. We can’t control it. We don’t know where it’s going. And as…
Read MoreThe Writer’s Inner Journey: How the subplots in your life support your main story
by Martha Alderson As the world attempts to open up again, it’s easy to want to jump right back into all the activities that brought you joy before COVID. First, take a moment to assess your subplots. I’m not talking about the subplots in your story, but the subplots of your life. In stories, a…
Read MoreWill You Be A Witness?
By Harry Louis Williams, II, a.k.a. O.G. Rev (OG Rev will be speaking in conversation with Randy Shaw at the Writing For Change: Worldwide on September 9. For more information, please visit the Writing For Change: Worldwide website. Or register here.) The newspaper masthead reads August 6, 1945. Its a sunny day in Nagasaki, Japan. You sit…
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Learning from the wisdom of others about writing and publishing will save you time, effort, and anxiety.
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