Monthly Archives: April 2012

“Shut Up and Write Something” : lessons from my high school writer self

So was entitled the literary collection of my 12th-grade Creative Writing class. The name represents the brooding fervor of youth, when we had the ability to bat off all distractions and focus on the task-at-hand when we chose to. People … Continue reading

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Life imitates art

I knew it would be a good weekend when I arrived at the campsite to see it empty but for the open trunk of my friend’s car. After parking my dad’s old truck with the half-rigged camper strapped in the … Continue reading

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On writing: skip the games and start

In Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, we are told to always nurture the “inner artist.” The inner artist is the same as an inner child, if the inner child grew up without getting its way all the time and therefore … Continue reading

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