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Update on Writing Process: Towards Natural Form
I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with my writing. I never finish projects, abandoning them for the next, seemingly more promising idea. Part of the problem comes from constantly changing my identity as a writer–novelist one day, poet the next, ethnographer the day after that. This constant bouncing prevents me from wading deeper into any one pursuit.…
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Writer’s Log 240408: The Power of Doing Nothing
Last week I wrote about pushing through the mind’s resistance when writing. But this week reminded me that my mind’s resistance is much stronger than I give it credit for. My usual routine is to write immediately after eating breakfast. But on Tuesday morning I gazed forlornly into my oatmeal and considered plunging my face…
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Writer’s Log 240331: Learning to Tolerate Discomfort; Experimenting with the Dialectical Journal
Between more formal writing pieces (assuming I actually finish any), I plan on posting these “writer’s logs,” as a way of sharing my development as a writer, the problems I’m encountering, and the ideas I discover while reading. Hopefully doing this has some educational benefit or will begin a dialogue about writing. With that said,…
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