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Writing on Writing: Silencing Your Inner Bastard

Posted on June 6, 2008 by paul

Last week’s assignment was to write something awful. Not merely bad, mind you. I’m talking truly horrid. In case you’ve spent the last week fretting over the point of that little exercise (I know you weren’t; play along for a … Continue reading →

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Writing About Writing: Write What You Know?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by paul

Starting today, I’ll be posting from time to time–once a week, hopefully–my own thoughts on writing, plus writing prompts and exercises. As with pretty much everything else you’ve read, or will read, here, this isn’t something on which I’m an expert. … Continue reading →

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Circling Dresden: Kurt Vonnegut’s Armageddon In Retrospect

Posted on May 7, 2008 by paul

 Kurt Vonnegut’s career–at least the most visible part of it–has been  bookended by Dresden. After being captured during the Battle of the Bulge, the author spent time in a POW camp in that city, watching it transformed literally overnight from a lively and lovely European … Continue reading →

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