Tag: words
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More Than Just a Writing Lesson (Reposted)
Giving this another lap around the internet. Good stories deserve a second chance… and algorithms have the attention span of a goldfish. My teacher pals, this may be of interest to you (or not… your call – I won’t take it personally). As a teacher, I made sure my students wrote every single day. It…
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Meandering Toward Sense
I got distracted and lost my chain of thought. Which is fitting. I was thinking about paradoxes… and somehow got derailed by one. I was about to create a list about things that are paradoxical, ironically ironic, awkwardly unawkward. And then I lost the list. Somewhere between “Port of Entry” and “Why do we drive…
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Using Words Like Paper Airplanes
Some people write books to tell a story.Others write to document a journey.Still others create fantastical worlds — giving us somewhere to go when we’ve had enough of our own. Me? I think something in me kept whispering, Don’t forget this. The laughter.The small-town summers.The kitchen-table conversations.The quiet lessons nobody applauded — but that shaped…
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On Being a Writer (Ay, Sí… Mira Qué Chingón)
As a writer—ay, sí, mira qué chingón—I’ve discovered something both humbling and infuriating: I find myself completely at a loss for words far more often than I care to admit. It’s not for lack of ideas. Oh no. I have tons of ideas. I keep notes. I keep too many notes. I’m like a hoarder…