Tag: writing
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Burdens [song] • from 54 poems at 27
written originally during Lent for The Calendar Years C maj7 C7 We set down indulgence Fmaj7 Fm7 and pray for your restraint Em7 A7 We give up our taking Dm7 G7 and take away complaint Cmaj7 I need less violence C7 Need less slander Fmaj7 Fm7 C need less of what I hate I hand you…
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The Haven Foundation for Artists
If you make a living full-time off of the arts and have been struck by a debilitating tragedy (or if you fear such an event) you might want to check out The Haven Foundation. The Foundation was formed by Stephen King in order to help artists. In his words: In the summer of 1999, I was struck…
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Paris Review Art of Fiction List
Nothing in the last two years has taught me more about storytelling, fiction, and great reading habits than the Art of Fiction series by The Paris Review. I read around two dozen of them before I decided to work systematically from number one until the end. You can just click here to jump ahead to the complete list of over 230 Art…
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In Good Humor and Craft: The drDOCTOR readings
In my experience, I’ve found one of two problems in many literary crowds and clubs: they either take themselves too seriously or not seriously enough. The former never approach their craft with a healthy dose of self-depreciation and humor – let’s just be honest, creative writing is a strange thing to do in 21st-century America. The latter seldom try…
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Behind the Scenes of Our Barista-Made Film Noir
We wanted you who follow here and at cold-brewed.com to have the first crack at passing this behind-the scenes video along to your friends. Thanks for the continued support, gang.
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Engineers use SciFi writers to revive American Innovation
Hieroglyph is a space for SciFi writers, engineers, scientists, and artists to collaborate on creative, ambitious visions of the near-future. Neal Stephenson noticed a serious void in the optimism of science so he helped create an online collaborative between the people who dream things up and the people who make dreams real. Right now, they’ve…
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Why Preachers MUST Write Good Books
Yesterday, I shared 3 More Tricks Writing Preachers Can Learn from Fiction, which followed Friday’s rant about Why Preachers Write Awful Books. Today, I’m taking a lighter note and sharing one last tip. See I typically take this route on my diagnostics for other writers. I figure if you’re diagnosing a cancer, people want the bad…
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3 More Tricks Writing Preachers Could Learn from Fiction
For newcomers, Friday’s rant was called Why Preachers Write Aweful Books… and what they can learn from fiction. I say “rant” because I refuse to dignify that post with the label “article.” I shouldn’t have been surprised — a rant was inevitable after writing poetry for two months. Oh well… In any case, here’s a…
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Why Preachers Write Awful Books …and what they can learn from fiction
Most of you regulars who will read this first either hate religion, remain skeptical of the church, or you’re a Christian that feels bored/frustrated/faithful-yet-concerned with out-of-touch Midwest Megasomething. Books by pastors, we can safely assume, bore the living Barjesus out of you. Me too. (You who found this post via the recommendation of some first…
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Ad Campaign for 9art Photography
Wrote some copy for 9art Photography’s new ad campaign (design by Matt Spiel). You Jopliners may see some of these around town soon: Join this guild of renegade imaginations. :: sign up for email encouragement ::
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004: How I’d like to be Remembered (as a Writer)
Once upon a time, I read that the perfect age for writing quality poetry is twenty-three. Apparently most of T.S. Elliot’s stuff came out then, the rest of his work being supposedly non-poetic. This resulted in 46 poems written at 23. These poems came out exponentially faster and faster before my 24th birthday on April 30th – and I had…