by Angie Powers | Oct 6, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
There is one way forward. Words to the page. Every day it feels like a bigger risk. Good. Take it, like a treasure left carelessly close to the mouth of a cave or a wallet left peeking from the mouth of a purse. Take the risk; agree to the fear. Write. Write your way...
by Angie Powers | Sep 29, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
I love guided meditations or hypnoses. Drop into the words, and your mind creates images, places, makes discoveries. As in sleep, our ability to conjure asks for no research or certain knowledge. We bloom story, or at least the full, embodied elements of story....
by Angie Powers | Sep 29, 2016 | Practical Alphabet, Uncategorized
There’s a side of each rock, creature, story, that doesn’t get exposed–to the sun, to the outside eye. Call it the underbelly, the hidden truth. Write toward it. Loosen your pen so something can lead other than clear-eyed intention or fear. Discover what you...
by Angie Powers | Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new show. Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to...
by Angie Powers | Jul 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Revision and Deadlines Revision is hard to teach. It’s so easy to read and comment on someone else’s manuscript, but then the writer has to re-enter the work and read it along with me, in the form of my notes, and see my questions. Then they must turn to their own...
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