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Category Archives: Writing
Writing: Floodgates of the Soul
Input and Output Writing is a cornerstone of literary living. I love reading a story, memorizing a poem, or watching a good movie. These expand and fill me, my heart, my mind, my soul, and provide valuable raw material for growing, maturing, … Continue reading
A Blizzard is Coming
Usually, I will try to vary what I write from day to day in The Life Literary. This being Burns Supper crunch-time, I’m afraid an even heavier Burns-ish storm than what’s already blown in this week is going to hit … Continue reading
Too Lovely to Light
Even with little bits like a photo caption or brief email I like to make verbiage sing. Note the homophones and alliteration: almost a wee poem.
Public Proofreading
Amazing to read what I thought were carefully drafted essays “published” online, to see how much editing they still need. Maybe good re-writing requires reading text in another context, like from screen to hard copy or blog composing box to … Continue reading
About The Life Literary
What’s All This About? The Life Literary is my workshop for word play and use. It’s also where I note ways to live literarily. Here I write, record, comment, list. And play. Walk around a workshop. Find sawdust piles, half-finished … Continue reading
Good Ole Fashioned Linear Thinking
(If possible, I edit and re-read every bit of communication, every email and letter I send. Even trivial or routine emails, to my my wife, my children, my parents, a friend, I go over, trying to tighten the language, fix … Continue reading
Pen to paper
The first step: pen to paper. Even if it’s lousy (because it might not be). Write it down. Get started.