Intimations: A Writer's Discourse

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Crappy jobs and lessons in creativity
Last week, I wrote about a TV show I’m obsessed by, The Bear. I’m obsessed because the show is about creating art out of trauma, and that trauma often…
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"The Bear" and Making Art (and Making Life)
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Being patient with impatience. The writing life.
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Some news. And a story.
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Why do you read?
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Plotting without a plot, part two
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Bluets
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Why "Intimations"? Why intimacy?
The name of this newsletter holds a philosophy
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A word on titles
The most important words of a book?
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A Grab Bag of Trinkets, Flotsam, Jetsam, Doo Dads, Dad Doos, Rusty Objects, Found Objects, Attempts at Erudition—and More (but not less)
Part two of a never-ending series
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Did you do something wrong today?
There are a lot of forces in the universe telling us to do things the right way. They’re like armies, with battalions of soldiers lined up, with tanks…
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Loss as unwanted muse
“Something is missing. Something has been lost. I believe this is at the heart of why I write.”
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Being patient with impatience. The writing life.
One definition of writing: there are 37 different kinds of patience required. Let’s start off with the good kind. “One of the strange laws of the…
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Interstices and interludes
White spaces as storytelling device
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Intimations: A Writer's Discourse
Intimations: A Writer's Discourse
How we write is how we live. And how we live is how we write. A dose of creative writing for the soul.
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