Tag: writing
member name: Trish A.
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May 25, 2009 12:00 AM EDT --
Life has a way of slipping by, it seems just moments ago I was excited about Easter and getting to see my grandson, daughters and son-in-laws. April was filled with events and May has been filled . . .
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September 05, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
I finished writing another grant proposal last night. This morning my dear husband Shan mailed it for me. As he mailed it I remembered the wise council of a dear friend, "bless it . . .
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July 18, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
Several people have asked me to report on some things I learned while at the Applachain Writers Association conference. I've thought about all the sessions I attended and the numerous conversations . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:02 AM EDT --
I hit a dry spell the last three weeks. Words refused to flow in any way. I toiled and for the first time in quite a time writing felt like work. Fear grabbed my throat. Was I "wrote . . .
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October 08, 2008 02:59 PM EDT --
It's been a long time coming 8 readings/and or productions and so many revisions I can't even begin to count and LUMPs is ready to be put into a box and shipped to a publisher. For months I've put . . .
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October 30, 2007 05:31 AM EDT --
Sometimes I think the most difficult part of a writing is knowing where to start especially if it's a personal essay. I'm working on an essay about a Christmas tradition of my sister picking . . .
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April 02, 2008 01:03 AM EDT --
This week as I rested on the couch recovering from each coughing spell I started to beat myself up for not doing any writing. Then news started pouring into my e-mail. It turns out . . .
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May 16, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
When I get lost I stop, take some time to reflect and open my eyes to the signs around me. If I don't I seek the signs I end up going round and round in circles!
What kind of . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:41 AM EST --
This was clearly a week of ups and downs. I started it out with a detailed list of things to accomplish. Monday started out well. I went with a writer group for our monthly visit to . . .
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August 23, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
Creating realistic characters isn't always easy. One of my favorite techniques is to fill out surveys as the character would. It's interesting what you learn.
Some of my favorite questions . . .
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September 16, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
Ms. Farr weaves a meandering story for readers, sometimes steppping off the path to share Appalachian traditions and stories, sometimes sharing antidotes, and other times sharing her love of food. . . .
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October 05, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
I've been working on a challenging project, a 75 second play that is to be staged in an actual elevator! It's like writing a haiku play in a box.
Anyway, I struggled and struggled . . .
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October 11, 2007 01:54 AM EDT --
Poems, plays, essays and books don't write themselves. Ideas can be innovative, characters interesting but without putting pen to hand or hand to computer nothing happens with them. . . .
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February 01, 2008 10:56 AM EST --
A few months back a fellow writer, Beth Dotson Brown chatted with me, wondering if I might be interested in working with her on creating a workshop in my home town of Berea, Kentucky. As many . . .
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August 25, 2007 06:34 PM EDT --
I was chatting with a fellow Gatherer about journaling, how it helps me. I don't journal in a typical manner....surprise, surprise! So, I thought I would try to show an example here. . . .
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September 25, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
First Day
Memories of school shopping
the week before fill her,
Ben Franklin store aisle filled with aromas,
64-count boxes of crayolas
that housed their own sharpener,
fat pencils, Big Chief . . .
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February 05, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
It's hard to believe we're already into the first week of February. This year seems to be zooming along.
Last week I had the pleasure of reading the book, "The Sky Isn't . . .
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August 02, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
As a writer, specifically a playwright I'm a firm believer in creating opportunities. You can sit around and hope that someone will e-mail you or call you up and ask to produce your play or you . . .
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