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 builds on a book I wrote about the creative process called UNCOMMON GENIUS. Based on conversations with forty winners of the MacArthur Award, or so-called genius prize, I put together a picture of how great work happens. soulofaword continues this quest to bring transparency to the creative process, especially as it relates to the written word. We use the back door here and enter through the kitchen to learn how good work really happens. Join us, every Friday, right here! Photo credit: Patrick Hajzler.
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Want to improve your writing? Try these suggestions culled from my decades at the craft: 1. With few exceptions, stay in the moment. Use your chronology and don’t get ahead of it. 2. Don’t save anything for later. Bring whatever you have right here, right now. 3. Each time a character appears on-stage, some aspect must deepen. Characters [...] I have seen the face of heaven, and it is a fortieth high school reunion. Forty years is a lot of river gone by. Divorce, disease, death, disappointment—there was plenty of it. But there were also the good things: the kids, the jobs, the marriages, the promotions, the fortunes, and even—the serious fortune. Some were grandparents. [...] |
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