Craft
Submitting to Story
Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don’t know in your own soul. — Emily Carr My writing instructor’s comment landed the kind of blow that knocks the wind right out of you, leaves you sucking for air, and a suitable response. Regardless of the…
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Read MoreWhat is the difference between people who have spiritual experiences and writers who have spiritual experiences?
What is the difference between people who have spiritual experiences and writers who have spiritual experiences? This is a question often mulled upon by those who seek to write about events that fall into the categories of spirituality, faith, religion, and the sacred. How is it that writers translate lived spiritual experience into understandable text,…
Read MoreMusic and Writing Craft
What becomes possible when music infuses your writing craft? “An ordinary life is full of musical rhythms, episodes, and cadences. The themes of our work, play, families, and geographies are like melodies that come and go as though in an elaborate fugue” (Thomas Moore). Why do so many writers forget to include musical references in…
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