by Angie Powers | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
This November I’ve made a commitment to do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Normally I hit such an event with a clear outline. I don’t necessarily have clear goals as to how many scenes I’ll write in a day. I have only that number NaNoWriMo...
by Angie Powers | Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
During a recent class I was teaching online, the conversation turned from story planning, goal setting and the like to the absolutely crappy feeling one can leave a writing conference with after seeing firsthand, and perhaps for the first time, the sheer volume of...
by Angie Powers | Oct 27, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
I used to dream that something was threatening me and I needed to run but I couldn’t move my legs, couldn’t propel my body into motion. In my waking life, a fear took hold that if I needed to run, I somehow wouldn’t be able to get going. Then one day I realized that...
by Angie Powers | Oct 20, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
Say yes to your writing every day. Say yes when people ask you to read, when a line comes to mind and desires you to grab a pen, when the time comes to wake up and write and you feel like sleeping or you don’t know if you have anything to say or the right words to say...
by Angie Powers | Oct 13, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
The more you write and read and edit others and edit yourself, the more you develop a kind of x-ray vision. You take a look at rows of text and see, at once, the flesh and flaws of it, the frame, the bones, the muscle, the hairline fractures, the breaks. Because you...
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