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So you want to write do you?

Nov 1, 2010 | Comments Off on So you want to write do you?

I’ve nothing to say. What would I write about anyhow? My grammar would be all wrong. They’d laugh at me. All this at a recent writing class. And then there was a tea-break and the chat and the story-telling started and could have gone on all night. So you want to write but just can’t…

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Old Words Made New: Dorothea Brande’s Classic on Writing & Creativity

Jul 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Old Words Made New: Dorothea Brande’s Classic on Writing & Creativity

I’ve been re-reading Dorothea Brande’s book , On Becoming a Writer. Hard to believe the Chicago woman was born in 1893  and published her classic on writing and creativity in 1934. It’s an easy read and you could almost get through it at one sitting. What makes the book refreshing is that it’s not about the nuts…

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