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The Word Butcher: Writers Over 40
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, June 28, 2010. Page Lambert, in Connecting People with Nature. Challenges recent opinions that writers over 40 have a slim chance of writing anything of substance. “Writers Over 40 Rock,” she counters. Now that I am over 40, and 50, and 60, and Yes, 70, I thought I might weigh in. My 71 year old musings follow. Why Can’t We? Why Don’t We? 1 We are unique. No o...
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The Word Butcher: The Power of the Prompt
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Saturday, June 5, 2010. The Power of the Prompt. I had to think for a while. As I did, the brilliance of this assignment emerged, and left me wondering what makes for a great prompt. June 13, 2010 at 2:43 PM. Tell me more about your life and times. June 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM. June 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM. If a piece about prompts prompts you, then I have done my job. I thin...
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The Word Butcher: Ten Handy Edits
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Sunday, June 20, 2010. Do all the main sections fit? Are the transitions clear? Do the section lengths match their contributions to the overall story? 3 Read Aloud Edit:. Absolutely essential. Check the flow and meter, the rhythm, find wordings that jar, isolate words that don’t fit or aren’t the author’s voice when read aloud. 5 Minimize The 1st Person:. 10 One Last Slas...
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The Word Butcher: To Blog or Not to Blog
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Friday, May 7, 2010. To Blog or Not to Blog. That, indeed, is the question. Six months ago, I would have laughed derisively. Blogging? Still skeptical, I attended the Northern Colorado Writers. However, came with Google’s response to my search for “writer’s platforms.” From hundreds of relevant pages, two stood out. Christina Katz. I can do that! May 7, 2010 at 8:26 AM.
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The Word Butcher: Readability Statistics: Are They Meaningful?
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, June 14, 2010. Readability Statistics: Are They Meaningful? What are your own readability stats? Compare a first draft with a finished product. June 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM. So I am right there with the likes of Kingsolver, Williams and Dillard. Woo Hoo! June 16, 2010 at 9:44 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ft Collins and Vail, Colorado and Arizona. Floccule, ...
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The Word Butcher: To That Most Intimate of Strangers
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, May 17, 2010. To That Most Intimate of Strangers. So many times an author starts, “I write because . . .” Despite the esoterica that follow, the question seems almost hackneyed. I’d rather ask, “To whom do you write? 8221; For if we truly answer that, will we not also find the reason why, seen though a different lens? And as for me, I write to you, my reader ̵...
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The Word Butcher: July 2010
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, July 12, 2010. Writing prompts from friends and mentors sometimes do the job. But what triggers a writer if his prompts must come from within? As a writer, how can I find those special themes that make me want to hit the brakes and cry, “Did you see that? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ft Collins and Vail, Colorado and Arizona. View my complete profile. Self-Publishi...
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The Word Butcher: May 2010
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, May 17, 2010. To That Most Intimate of Strangers. So many times an author starts, “I write because . . .” Despite the esoterica that follow, the question seems almost hackneyed. I’d rather ask, “To whom do you write? 8221; For if we truly answer that, will we not also find the reason why, seen though a different lens? And as for me, I write to you, my reader ̵...
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The Word Butcher: The Writer's Eye
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The learning curve is steepest, the journey most intense, when one first plunges, headlong, into uncharted territory. Care to join me? Monday, July 12, 2010. Writing prompts from friends and mentors sometimes do the job. But what triggers a writer if his prompts must come from within? As a writer, how can I find those special themes that make me want to hit the brakes and cry, “Did you see that? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ft Collins and Vail, Colorado and Arizona. View my complete profile. Self-...
