Intimations: A Writer's Discourse

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The study of kindness
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya…
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Grant Faulkner
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Writing and trauma
I recently spoke to a group of writers who had experienced trauma. Most of them were unable to write, but they still gathered in their writing group…
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Grant Faulkner
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Writing with abandon
Since it’s National Novel Writing Month, I wanted to share my thoughts on the creative process that is at its core: writing with abandon. This is a…
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Grant Faulkner
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October 2023
'Tis the Season of Masks
Actually, it's always the season of masks.
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Grant Faulkner
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Time Is Not On Our Side
But a little of it can be
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Grant Faulkner
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Attention and Devotion. Devotion and Adventure
I worry that I’m losing the game. I took a wrong turn somewhere along the way. I’m not sure how to get back. I had a conversation with a writer friend…
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Grant Faulkner
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Divination
A divining rod is just another word for a pen.
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Grant Faulkner
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Banging drums
And banging and banging and banging
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Grant Faulkner
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September 2023
When you deny a story, it defines you.
It's time to tell your story.
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Grant Faulkner
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Losing things to time
And retrieving them with a goal and a deadline
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Grant Faulkner
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The art of ending
One of the questions I hear most often from writers is how to write a good ending. Hemingway said he wrote 39 different endings to A Farewell to Arms…
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Grant Faulkner
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August 2023
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