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Advice Paralysis

Posted on April 12, 2020April 15, 2020 by Constance

How’s your writing going? How’s your quarantine going? How are you doing today?  I finally identified my current writing problem. Instruction fatigue that leads to paralysis. I’m editing a novel as I try to write more poetry. I’m using search and replace to search and destroy insidious words. Good advice I read somewhere. Normally, I…

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Why I Don’t Write Political Poetry

Posted on February 23, 2020March 15, 2020 by Constance

Sometimes I think too much. That is my main excuse for not writing political poetry. I’m an after thinker. I’m non-confrontational. By the time I’ve absorbed the daily news cycle and thought about its background and implications, weeks have passed.  I’m not timely.   In today’s fast-moving poetic world some people can write a poem on…

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Staying Afloat in a Writing Ocean

Posted on November 24, 2019December 31, 2019 by Constance

What’s true with the rest of life/hobbies/interests is true with writing. So many facts and details to keep track of. I really want to keep up with what’s going on in the writing industry, so I read blog posts and tweets and articles and books and newsletters. You know what? It’s too much information to…

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Revising 101 (Housekeeping)

Posted on September 28, 2019December 31, 2019 by Constance

The most important thing to revision? Buy lots of ink cartridges and printer paper. You might be tempted to skip this step. Don’t. This applies to both novels and poetry. Print that sucker out. I know, I know, it seems like a PITA to use all that ink and paper on something you just know…

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