by BWW Support | Aug 24, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
Q is for Questions My workshops begin with the readers summarizing what a piece is about: what happened. We make sure we all read the same story, and the writer, listening, discovers what we made of her or his efforts. This is an easy step to skip, but it’s vital we...
by BWW Support | Aug 17, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
P is for Pictures I sit on my blue faux-suade couch, covered in a throw blanket. My fuzzy slippers collapse away from each other, empty, on the carpet below. My journal in my lap, I scribble pictures along the pale grey lines. From the kitchen, the propulsive sound of...
by BWW Support | Aug 10, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
O is for Open Everything we’ve talked about up until now builds to this vital function: to stay open. The muscles of the hand, unused, cramp up, clamp down. The storyteller begins to believe she made herself up. The story narrows, the way forward shrinks, the power...
by BWW Support | Aug 3, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
N is for Notes Note-taking is one of the most important parts of writing, and yet it goes largely unmentioned. Dialog with self happens on the page. Figuring out your questions and the range of answers and then narrowing down to what you’ll pick and moving forward:...
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