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April 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Ep 192: (Re)Write to Discover How to Improve Your Drafts

(Re)Write to Discover How to Improve Your Drafts (Ep 192: Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach)

[Ep 192] “I have rewritten—often several times—every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.” Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory1 First Drafts Reveal What You Want to Say We’ve already covered the power of writing to discover what we want to say. We can do that with freewriting to discover our initial ideas, writing in our journals or as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, Write to Discover Series, writing Tagged With: editing, freewriting, revising, revision, rewriting

January 8, 2019 1 Comment

Ep 180: Write to Discover – Start with Yourself

Write to Discover-Start with Yourself (Ep 180: Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach)

A few weeks ago I shared with you how freewriting freed me. The book Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg, played a big part in that during my college years, introducing me to the idea of timed writing as a means to write and discover. Even though I wasn't all that interested in Goldberg’s frequent references to Zen Buddhism, I liked her basic approach: "When I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, Write to Discover Series, writing Tagged With: Expressive Writing, freewriting, James Pennebaker, Louise DeSalvo, Morning Pages, Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones

December 13, 2018 3 Comments

Ep 178: The Writer at Work – Use Freewriting to Give It Some Thought

The Writer at Work: Give It Some Thought (Ep 178: Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach)

My first university-level creative writing course used as the main text a book that, at that time, was a brand-new release: Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. After moving through the exercises in that book, I felt transformed. Goldberg introduced a simple concept that I’d never heard of. It’s commonplace today, a part of the lexicon of most creative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, writing Tagged With: freewriting, Madeleine L'Engle, Natalie Goldberg, Priscilla Long, The Writer's Portable Mentor

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