mindset

  • The Hardest Part

    The Hardest Part

    Today marks my second weekly intensive writing day since all of The Maple Leaves madness started a few months ago.  You could say that I had my share of intensive writing days as I prepped for the show – the process of which I blogged about on our show blog rather than here.  Although I spent a lot of

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  • Starting

    Starting

    Where does a story start?  For me, it’s always the same: a voice.  I hear a line in my head, usually a first line.  And it has a specific tone to it – even if it’s coming through a character – and I know, I just know, this is important, this you must get down,

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  • I don’t know how I do what I do

    That’s how my exploration of the writing process started several years ago, after I returned to writing after many years not writing.  I was preparing my application for a project that was geared at helping develop writers through process exploration, through the foundation of daily practice, through a commitment to the work and to each other. 

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