Category: Role of the Writer

  • English Grammar – Principles and Facts

    Confession: I know/remember little about English grammar. Like math, I think any of the grammatical structures I learned in my formative years have since leached…

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  • The Writer and I Know Very Little

    There are many ways in which the work of crafting fiction is very different from living life. One of these is in the following adage…

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  • Applause

    I knew a guy in college whose name was Paul. Paul was a classical piano major. He practiced diligently for six hours a day –…

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  • Write What You Know, Seriously

    I recently had a conversation with one of our pathologists at work. He and I have had several conversations – great conversations. He is a…

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  • The Thoughts We Have

    My brother and I had a good talk late one recent evening about the value of writing. Not creative writing necessarily, but journaling, writing for…

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