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June 16, 2016 8 Comments

#55: Writers Should Say Yes to New Experiences

Writers Should Say Yes to New Experiences - episode #55 Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

It seems like writers are encouraged to do three things: Apply bottom to chair, write regularly, and read a lot. This is great advice, and I encourage writers to do all three. But there are a lot of other things a person can do to become a stronger, more interesting writer. One of those is to say yes to new experiences. I got this advice in a session at the first … [Read more...]

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August 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

The Writing Life Podcast – Non-Writing Writing Tasks

[The following is only a glimpse of the topic … not a transcription] A heads up: At over 13 minutes, this episode is significantly longer than my usual 3-6 minute podcast episodes. You sit down to write only to realize you've got a long list of tasks necessary to the work of writing, but after you check them off your list, you haven’t the word count to show for … [Read more...]

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January 5, 2015 16 Comments

The Writing Life – Episode 5: A Writing Space with a Door

A Writing Space with a Door | Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

(If you’re a subscriber reading this in email, please click to website to use the audio player.) In this week’s three-and-a-half minute podcast, you'll hear about the conditions and circumstances under which E. B. White wrote—and those under which Glynn Young and Ann Kroeker continue to write. I allude to a passage from Stephen King's memoir On Writing that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, writing Tagged With: E. B. White, Glynn Young, On Being a Writer, Stephen King, writers, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing space

August 20, 2013 10 Comments

Writing Conditions are Never Perfect

writing conditions are never perfect

If I waited for perfect conditions to develop my writing life, I’d still be waiting. Back in the early 1990s, I did manage to explore writing as my work, as a way of life. I wrote and submitted a few magazine articles and met with businesses to launch a career in corporate freelance writing. Then we started our family. Our first three children were born within four … [Read more...]

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February 27, 2013 14 Comments

Curiosity Journal: February 27, 2013

Ann Kroeker - Curiosity Journal - Questions - Learn - Read - Write - Play - Try - Listen

Most Wednesdays (or thereabouts) I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Sometimes I mix up the order, just to keep you on your toes. Playing On the schedule this afternoon: photography and haikus (see "Learning" below). Reading From the chapter entitled "Moon Shell" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curiosity Journal Tagged With: Gift from the Sea, haikus, Mr. Rogers, poetry, solitude, writers, writing

September 5, 2011 35 Comments

Five Writing Strengths

Five Writing Strengths - Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

Charity Singleton Craig quoted Russ Ramsey in her article about becoming masterful: What are you mastering? What are you practicing in order to make clear what you don’t yet know? If you’re anything like me, I’m sure you reach points where you begin to wonder if it might just be easier to plateau. And if not plateau, then quit altogether. Don’t. Please. This world is … [Read more...]

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December 15, 2010 12 Comments

Clearly and Boldly

Oswald Chambers spoke to me today.Not audibly. That would be freaky.No, Mr. Chambers spoke via the words he was faithful to record many years ago, preserved in My Utmost for His Highest, though even phrasing it that way seems a bit much. Maybe we could just say that I was inspired.In any case, please join me in pondering his advice. I've included it in its entirety here: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: Blogger, Christian blogger, Christian writer, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers, writer, writers, writing

November 10, 2010 18 Comments

Rescue the Stories

An actual dream I had while in Texas: As I stood next to a pool, a little girl who couldn't swim jumped in and sank to the bottom. She didn't struggle at all. In fact, she was intent on rescuing a piece of paper or two, lifting them up over her head, trying to bring them to the surface. She couldn't make it back up on her own. … [Read more...]

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October 20, 2010 7 Comments

What’s Next?

Just as our nonfiction workshop was finishing up at the Laity Lodge writers retreat, Lauren Winner said to the group, "I don't know what you're planning to do with your afternoon break, but I would suggest that you take advantage of the time and write."Had she seen the canyon? The river?Have you? … [Read more...]

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October 18, 2010 24 Comments

“What is X doing for this piece?”

Because I signed up for the nonfiction track of the Laity Lodge writers retreat, I was required to submit in advance ten pages of "spiritual nonfiction." The workshop format meant that each person would receive a copy of every other participant's ten-page submission to evaluate and critique. I can't reveal details of our sessions, because in order to build trust and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: editing, revising, revision, writer, writers

October 7, 2010 22 Comments

Echoes

Our echoes roll from soul to souland grow forever and forever~TennysonAfter a week away, I've just returned home, not quite ready to share my personal experiences from Laity Lodge, where I participated in a writing workshop led by Lauren Winner and met up with my High Calling colleagues for the first time in person.Instead, as I take time to process, I'm visiting my … [Read more...]

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September 21, 2010 9 Comments

Dry as a Creek Bed: Concrete vs. Abstract

"Look at the creek, Mama!" We were at a park, jogging across the bridge that spans a creek where my daughter remembered the water so high and the current so strong, it seemed alive and powerful, threatening to knock her over as she waded in practically up to her hips. She remembered how her feet sank into mud. Slick moss or algae coated the rocks. The day of our jog, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: Made to Stick, metaphor, simile, writers

September 15, 2010 21 Comments

Notes on Writing: Let My Life Speak (and other thoughts)

I found an old spiral-bound notebook.Inside, old notes.They are about writing, I guess. And they are sketchy. Spare: "What are the things … [Read more...]

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November 26, 2007 12 Comments

My Five Writing Strengths

What five writing strengths do you possess? - Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

I was once asked to make a list of five strengths I possess as a writer. Here's what I came up with. Five Writing Strengths 1. The ability to sit still for long stretches of time Not everyone can do this, you know. Some people get antsy, restless. After a few minutes of sitting still, they fidget and have to get up and make hot chocolate or call a friend. Writers need … [Read more...]

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