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, , becca March 9, 2018

Writing Musings

Someone reminded me yesterday that we write so we don’t forget. Well, that’s one reason. There are more. Some of us write so we can forget whatever it is we’re trying to escape. Some of us write to fill our paper (physical or digital) with the thoughts that would otherwise explode out of our heads.
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, , , becca December 30, 2017

Gifts for Me

Here is what I’ve decided to Gift myself for the New Year (see also: Resolutions, and how to not fear them). The Gift of Compassion: I will be kind to myself. I will treat myself gently. I will speak to and about myself the way I’d speak to and about someone I love. The Gift
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, , becca May 4, 2017

Legend

  This is the legend of the poet whose pen’s ink ran dry when he attempted to write the truth. He spent years writing and performing amusing tales and poems and songs, bringing laughter to the lives of people near and far. He kept the tales and poems and songs written in a large leather-covered
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, , , becca May 2, 2017

Found

I was looking for a thing in my “writerly things” file. I came across a pile of essays. Here’s one from what must be 8 years ago. There are more. I may unearth another soon. ___ When my kids were small, hours were eternal. And there were so many of them in a day. It
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, , , , , becca February 4, 2017

I though I knew what Busy was

Once upon a time I was a high school student with a full load of challenging classes and a job and family responsibilities and I thought I was busy. Once upon a time I was a college student with a full load of challenging classes and a job and no social life to speak of
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, , , , , , , becca September 22, 2016

Eavesdropping — A Dialog-Writing Exercise

So yesterday in my Novel Writing class, I sent the kids into the commons for the last 20  minutes of class, which happens to correspond with the lunch they don’t have. The commons was full of teenage humans. I instructed mine to sit down somewhere and start eavesdropping. They were to write down random lines
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, , , becca May 11, 2016

Revitalized

I went to the world’s best [*] writing conference this weekend. There were many, many reasons to be joyful. I got to be with writer friends. Some of these are my most precious people I see only once a year. Some of these are my very favorite people that I get to see now and
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, , , becca October 12, 2015

Making the Time

I’ve been learning. Studying about creativity at the feet of those who make it their mission to permit the rest of us to drink at the wells of creation. It’s a seriously joyful experience. (Want to try it? Watch Elizabeth Gilbert’s remarkable TED talk, here. Listen to her “Big Magic” podcast. Immerse yourself in all
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