Category Archives: Writing

The key literary outflow of a life lived literarily

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Pen to paper

The first step: pen to paper.  Even if it’s lousy (because it might not be).  Write it down.  Get started.

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