Category: Creative Process/Craft
Between Projects
I was recently asked by Maccabee Griffin of Beyond the Pen to identify my kryptonite as a writer—that one thing that deprives me of my…
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Sitting Down to Write
I recently listened to an interview with Steven Pressfield, author of The Legend of Baggar Vance, as well as the book on creative work, The…
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Not Since 2018
The end of February saw a milestone in my writing not seen in nearly five years. It’s a milestone I’d like to mark more often,…
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You Erase More Than You Draw
My friend Frank told me he heard some excellent advise on writing from an art instructor. Advising students on drawing, the instructor said, “you erase…
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Getting Into Character
Getting into character is a theater term. It’s the effort an actor makes to embody the part they are playing—well beyond the script and the…
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