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Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

Chicken, Egg?

Posted on August 10, 2004

The English language has a certain chicken-or-the-egg factor about it. Only it’s called the-noun-or-the-verb. And it’s all about words that begin life in one category but end up being used in the other. Often we don’t know which came first.

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Failed Writing Exercise

Posted on August 1, 2004

As a writer, I’m always interested in ways to hone my skills; so, from time to time, I do practice exercises. Recently I came across one that set me thinking. The assignment was to spend ten minutes writing down everything

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Donald Duck for President

Posted on July 20, 2004

This year over Spring break my family and I went to Disney World in Florida, and it made a believer of me. I believe in Tinker Bell and in Snow White’s castle and that Peter Pan never grew up and

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Writers and Words

Posted on July 7, 2004

I never understood the concept of writer’s block, although I’ve read that it can be very debilitating. I suppose frustration and fretting become steady companions if your next novel is due at the publisher’s or your next play is already

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Why 10 Minutes?

Posted on June 11, 2004

Hey, Natalie Goldberg, you are responsible for this blog; you and your book, Writing Down the Bones, which I read years ago. I’m still trying to practice your directive to sit somewhere and write without editing for ten minutes a

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The Plot

Posted on June 1, 2004

Plot eludes me, which is why I may end up being relegated to the role of a personal memoirist for the rest of my life. I write effectively and even emotionally, but I cannot string a story together.

What should

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