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Writers are the Best Speakers
When I was a little sprout, I joined a homeschool public speaking group. I went every week, did all the assignments, and did my best to speak in public, as the class seemed to demand. This was about...
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Sprint, Battle, Party
NaNoWriMo Week One is nearly complete. You might be behind (like me), on track (as I have been in the past), or zooming ahead (as I often have been in the past). No matter where you are in the fleet,...
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How to Learn
Listening is not active. Maybe you’re a good listener. Maybe you take the time to sit down next to someone and really hear what they’re telling you. That’s active, because that’s a conversation. It...
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On Choices
Great people see potential in a certain light. Schools, specifically undergraduate schools, consider potential quite differently. Over a year ago, I visited a bunch of colleges that I didn’t choose to...
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An Aside
My writing self is pretty insufferable right now. Let’s imagine the conversation between the two of us: my conscious self, studying for classes, having fun, but all the time wishing he could motivate...
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Your Setting
Surround yourself with things that make you want to write. This is a lesson I’m learning more and more. As you learn more about the world, you begin to find a million things that lead you in all...
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Further Songs
Howdy! A couple nights ago my sisters and I got together to write a song. I told them it would take less than twenty minutes, but we took about five times that. Nevertheless, we emerged from the...
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Teacher or Performer?
Here’s a fun fact: there’s a difference between teaching and performing. I love doing both. I love helping other people learn stuff that I enjoyed learning. I also love showing off what I’ve taught...
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Creepiness
Creepiness is a science. Well, it’s a word that describes a feeling to be evoked. Evoking that feeling is a science. Some people might be born with this instinctively, inspiring it in everything and...
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Poetry, Chapter 1
Let’s talk about reframing. Poetry might be overused as a term. It seems to mean everything from “beautiful” to “meaningless”, plus the undefinable literary form of poetry which then gives rise to its...
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