mindset
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I must have started this month’s post over a dozen times in my head, thinking of an idea, turning it around a few times in my mind, and then dismissing it, the flash of inspiration extinguished by the desire to get it right. Because January brings with it a particular pressure—even if what we’re trying
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A couple of weeks ago, I became frustrated while prepping for my Introduction to Creative Writing class. I was trying to decide on a writing exercise to use for our lesson on character, and I couldn’t figure out which one to use. When I used to teach Communications and Business Writing, the courses were always
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Fall has always felt like a season of re-commitment to my writing. Often that’s taken the form of really digging into a particular project — either beginning something new or deep revision of a work-in-progress. This fall has looked different than the last few, though. Late in August I was offered the chance to teach
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I’ve been thinking a lot about expectations. Possibly because the writing of the second draft of my novel is so different from how I expected it would be. When I started working on this draft, my intention was to write what I called “a slow draft.” I’d written most of my first draft very quickly,
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I spent most of May moving from one space in my house to another—and doing all the tasks that go along with any sort of move. Packing, cleaning, lugging, re-painting, unpacking, figuring out what goes where, wracking my brain to figure out what box the one thing I desperately need had been tucked into. Over
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