Intimations: A Writer's Discourse

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Lessons from My New Friend: Jeff Hiller
The drama of friendships at the center of our lives
Jul 27 • 
Grant Faulkner
Reclaiming your story
Hell is other people’s stories (or mis-stories) about us.
Jul 6 • 
Grant Faulkner
The biggest question of all: Does your story matter?
There are certain writing truisms that I repeat and repeat and repeat because I believe in them so deeply.
Jun 29 • 
Grant Faulkner
It's time to play. Seriously.
Or yalp if you want.
Jun 22 • 
Grant Faulkner
Carpe diem the crap out of every single moment?
Urgency, glimmers, memorable moments, mortality
May 18 • 
Grant Faulkner
Writing retreats and you
Get away to find yourself. And your story.
Apr 20 • 
Grant Faulkner
Silence as a way to hear yourself
Dear Readers,
Mar 23 • 
Grant Faulkner
"Once the skin is broken": Fermentation in art and love and wine
A creative meditation
Mar 16 • 
Grant Faulkner
A grab bag of creative do-dads and do-moms
Dear Readers,
Feb 23 • 
Grant Faulkner
Prompting Stories
The creative magic of randomness
Feb 9 • 
Grant Faulkner
Writing with Trauma: The "Butterfly Effect"
Turning to ritual as a way to create after tragedy
Jan 26 • 
Grant Faulkner
Creating an Unexpected Audience in an Unlikely Place
How Marta Becket danced to dust devils in the desert
Jan 12 • 
Grant Faulkner
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