Category: Writing Process

• Is it Fair to Judge a Writer?

  (In my last post I picked on an old professor. That made me think of another old professor whom I’ll add to the list of blog-post inspiration. By the way, I enjoyed learning under both of them.) One of my old professors taught me that when reading a poem, never assume that the poem’s perspective…

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  February 1, 2013

  Writing Process

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• I was a writer afraid to write

  I still remember one of my professors in college saying the following: “I could never be a writer. I don’t have a big enough vocabulary.” I pondered that and said to myself, Well, if he doesn’t have a big enough vocabulary to be a writer then I certainly don’t. His vocabulary is way bigger than…

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  January 31, 2013

  Writing Process

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• Don’t Judge a Character

  Recently, I started teaching my new Intro to Theater Arts class. One important facet of acting which has been reinforced with me lately is the idea that an actor should not  judge a character. Think about it. When we see someone doing something bad, we tend to label him or her a “bad person.” Instant…

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  January 27, 2013

  Writing Process

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