Tag: writing
group name: passionfind
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October 07, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer
is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or
talked about (the ego eventually falls apart like a soaked sponge), . . . more
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April 28, 2007 07:15 AM EDT --
My "g": What Gather Means To Me
Ah, the microcosm of Gather. That is what I think of it as being. It is a little yet growing world where people from all corners on this giant . . . more
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November 25, 2006 07:12 PM EST --
There is our restaurant, that breakfast place we went the next morning after that first time. You raved about the waffles and fed me bits of caramel . . . more
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February 07, 2007 07:19 PM EST --
In a perfect world, I'd write every day but I don't. This used to guilt me out until I heard Joyce Carol Oates speak. She writes in spurts like I do. Not everyday but every . . . more
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July 25, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
I recieved this advice in an email and thought it was simple and so true! It was written by Brian Clark.
Write.
Write more.
Write even more.
Write even more than that.
Write when you don’t . . . more
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August 31, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Clearing the Writing Palate
Last night my wife and I had a long walk on a secluded beach in Maine. It was about
6 PM, 75 degrees, clear, . . . more
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September 04, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
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I'm proud to announce the winner for the Poem of the Month for August for Thirteen Blackbirds , a compact and highly charged poem by Rae Pater. Rae's poetry is superb. She has . . . more
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July 27, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
In a brilliant essay in the latest issue of Poetry Magazine, entitled Beach Reading, David Orr (New York Times Book Review) explores the lure, fascination, wonder and inspiration of reading and . . . more
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September 14, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
Our creative writing final exam in my junior year at Mercer Island High School was an oral presentation on one of our favorite authors: give a little history, show their impact from a literary, . . . more
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May 21, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
One whole year after the outbreak and the doctors are still watching us. They live apart, even posting guards. What are they afraid of? Only half of them survived their vaccine. . . . more
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September 21, 2007 07:12 AM EDT --
Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.
-Fred Hoyle
Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a good thing to be a student of . . . more
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June 20, 2007 02:14 AM EDT --
Hello and welcome to Writing Essentials on Wednesdays. As the Writing Essentials Member Editor for Wednesdays, I will be moderating this page today in the Writing Essentials group. writing.gather.com . . . more
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November 23, 2006 03:13 AM EST --
shotgun writing # 11-22-06
later and later into the night. ok, it's only 9:45:34.. sometimes i have no idea what time it should be. especially if i am creating. that's got to be the reightside . . . more
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January 18, 2007 03:26 PM EST --
I am at a desk and yet...
I am a thousand places at once
and a thousand faces belong to me.
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I am trapped in limbo,
ambivalent, hanging between two worlds--
one old, one not yet birthed...
like . . . more
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May 18, 2007 12:34 AM EDT --
Mary rolls her trash down the driveway alone now that Nolo has died; decades of Saturday night dancing, summer swims and afternoon tennis are behind her; these days, ladies come to lunch or she flies to . . . more
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February 19, 2008 03:33 PM EST --
Being the wife of a football coach for the last 40 years you would have thought I understood the phrase, you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. I guess I didn't believe it pertained . . . more
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March 02, 2007 06:03 AM EST --
I enter the land of words often,
Eager to pluck the ripest,
Driven by urge to fashion verse,
Attempting a vivid message.
Michelangelo chiselled his "Boy David",
From a piece of misshapen rock, . . . more
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November 22, 2006 12:03 PM EST --
Have you ever wondered what the secret was to becoming beautiful? Look no further-Audrey Hepburn offers her best advice on beauty secrets through a poem that was later read at her funeral. . . . more
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November 23, 2006 09:53 AM EST --
I am from the gentle clanging
of boats against the dock
with the interrupting smell of oil
mixing with the sea water.
I am from the dew
that lingers on a field
of freshly cut grass
inviting children to . . . more
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March 30, 2008 09:05 PM EDT --
Angela sat alone at the kitchen table and took her new medication. The doctor said it would help stabilize her moods. She thought back over the last twenty four hours and prayed . . . more
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