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Ready, Set, Write

09.10.2010

I love it when a student discovers something on his own, even if he didn’t know what he discovered at the time. Like a lot of some writers I have been known to obsess, worry, over analyze, fret about how to start a new idea, manuscript, story. I have a bad habit tend to want the story to [...]

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Wasted Time?

13.09.2010

I spent the better part of last night knitting a new sock. Only I frogged it (that’s ripped it out in knit speak). Why? I didn’t like how it was working or how it looked. Then (after deep sighing and teeth gritting) I cast on again and began another idea. This one was going to [...]

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Woolgathering

10.07.2010

I have a bone to pick with Webster. I looked up the definition of woolgathering and found: an indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagining. Indulgence? Aimless thought? That’s absurd. There’s nothing aimless about thinking. Especially when thinking, imagining, and musing are such important writers’ tools. In a previous post I talked about finding the time [...]

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Vanilla Surprise

02.06.2010

Some people meditate. I knit. It allows me to downshift, and to center. (Which then helps me focus on my writing.) My obsession preference is to knit socks. If you want an analogy, general knitting is to exercise what knitting socks is to yoga. Working a sock, whether toe up or cuff down is like [...]

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