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Writing From the Center: The Noble Truths of Writing
Overwintering
Gardening slows my mind as my hands work, allowing for random thoughts to surface; some profound, most not very. I think it must be the touching of the earth that energizes these thoughts and brings them into focus. But perhaps it is just the time apart that draws me deeper into a pondering space.
Writing from the Center | Revision: Writing Until You Find Your Meaning
One of the exciting aspects of writing is the process of discovery also known as revision. An idea or image comes to mind, and we sit down to describe it because we want to remember it or share with others. Yet, it often happens that as we write, what seemed so clear and evident at first seems to fade. Or we suddenly find numerous threads of ideas with no pattern. When that happens, just keep writing until you come to whatever feels like the end. At this point you are ready to embrace the process of revision – the nearly magical process of discovery. Like a sculptor standing before a block of marble, you chip away at the mass of words on the paper or screen.
Winter Reflections
Writing from the Center: Persistence, Not Perfection
Ice Break: Annotated Selections from a Book of Poems
Cradle in the Corner
Writing from the Center: In Praise of Mary Oliver and Her Call to Attentiveness
Writing From the Center | Wisdom for Putting It In Words
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