It wouldn’t be Amen. It probably wouldn’t even be Dear, as in Yes, dear. Would it be goodbye? What would occur to you if you had ten seconds to write something down? I expect the sound in my ears would be something like Niagara, the feel of my heart clamoring like a teenager’s double-bassed trunk. [...]
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The Last Word
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Writing on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Writing to Write to be Writing
Posted in School, Writing on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The notion was introduced to me today, not for the first time, that writing = learning. One does not write because one Knows, one Knows through writing. This sounds like the snake-eating-tail conundrum on the surface, for how can one write what one does not know about? But knowing and understanding are separate beasts, and [...]
Shaking Out Some Stats
Posted in Writing on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some counts about my work on the 100 Days Project:
Total Words: 35,994
Longest Post: 622 words (Joan-16, The Writer-18)
Shortest Post: 71 words (Becky-80)
Mean: 347
Average: 360
Gender: 40 male, 56 female, 4 unspecified
boys: 13 (Jacob, Bobby, Tim, Sam, Lewis, Ben, Jimmy, Tyrique, Christopher, Miguel, Kai, Rami, Wayne
girls: 12 (Sara, Miranda, Flower, Leslie, Holly, Cindy, Olivia, The Actress, Cheri, [...]
Resolutions, Closures, and Endings
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Writing on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am so habituated to the 100 Days Project I wanted to begin this title with a number. But what day is it? What post? Have I used this title before? Ah, no, I am in my own space here.
I feel like I did when I worked at the temp company, and I spent the [...]
To Be… Impactful
Posted in School, Writing on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is so damned easy to go for the cute, trite, and tidy. I did it again in my haste to catch up with the gang on 100 Days. My brain ran away and took all the fun with it last weekend. Oh, I could think, read, write, but it was all conscripted to academic [...]
