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Moving forward, looking back | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. Moving forward, looking back. July 22, 2016. December 9, 2016. Image: ivaylost via pixabay. 8220;I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.”. Edna Mode, The Incredibles (. This might be a surprising admission, but. Well, I just did this very thing. I refashioned an old story, and it came out great. My NaNo story came back with numerous comments, and really needed a complete overhaul. My other story,. Armed with better skills, I was able to see how.
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Skin | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. December 30, 2016. Skin, warm and smooth. Skin, taut and strong. This piece is one of three poems and two short stories that I contributed to the anthology. While glancing out of a window. Now available on Amazon UK. Posted in Pat Aitcheson writes. While glancing out of a window. Footprints in the snow. So, where next? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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from elsewhere | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. November 18, 2016. November 5, 2016. I found this wonderful piece by Jake Lira. On Medium. Enjoy. Life isn’t a fairy tale. Hell it’s not even a book. If it were, the cover would be bent and sentences would run right off the page. Most chapters would wander and fail to pick up where the last left off. The plot? 8211; Jake Lira. Follow 2squarewriting via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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About | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. Hello and welcome to my blog, where you’ll find musings on the art and sorcery of writing, and some of my own pieces. I am no more an expert than the next writer, but it helps to talk about it. If I’m not reading or writing, you’ll find me in the garden or seeing the world, rarely the same place twice. There are just too many places and not enough time. Got a comment on my post? I’d love to hear it, let’s talk. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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writing process | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. Writing a query that hooks agents. February 10, 2017. I’ve been following Kristen Lamb. 8216;s blog for a while now, and she always has something interesting to say about writing and publishing. She is not afraid to say that writers should be paid, for example, and then to write about the ensuing storm of comments. That is not a discussion for today, but if you want to read more, it’s here. One of Kristen’s webinars I attended recently under the WANA. You wa...
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A moment’s peace | 2squarewriting
https://2squarewriting.com/2016/12/16/a-moments-peace
A place for words to rest on their way to you. A moment’s peace. December 16, 2016. December 27, 2016. Waterfall at Plitvice Lakes. It’s a foggy, dark, miserable time, this pre-solstice period. It needs a moment to catch your breath, between work, flu, badly adjusted car headlights that dazzle you, getting up in the dark and going to bed exhausted. And the endless shopping. But you have to be determined to find it. Here’s a moment for you. What’s your ideal writing space? Footprints in the snow.
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Learning to see | 2squarewriting
https://2squarewriting.com/2016/09/23/learning-to-see
A place for words to rest on their way to you. September 23, 2016. December 9, 2016. And choosing your view. Sunset at the Sea Organ (Morske Orgulje) in Zadar, Croatia. Open your eyes, look around, perceive and process visual stimuli. And yet, we know it isn’t as simple as that. We filter and block, we edit and disregard far more information than we retain. It’s essential, because we could not hope to pay attention to all the inputs. Just think about that for a moment. We all experience confirmation bias.
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It’s time for something completely different | 2squarewriting
https://2squarewriting.com/2016/11/25/today-i-will-try-something-new
A place for words to rest on their way to you. It’s time for something completely different. November 25, 2016. December 9, 2016. We are creatures of habit. When you have worn a rut following the same path, strike out elsewhere. It’s often best to start small, that way the risks are less, but the payoff is still worthwhile. It could be the start of something really worthwhile and rewarding. I grew things that were almost impossible to buy, like the red leaved castor oil plant. Bush This year, I planted.
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poetry | 2squarewriting
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A place for words to rest on their way to you. March 3, 2017. March 6, 2017. Brilliant colours blend and slowly the sun descends. In blazing orange hues. we did not choose to be here and. We have no choice. your voice quietened by tube and pipe. A muffled scream. I wonder if you dream of summer, dressed in stripes,. Of dancing on the beach. you will not reach the sea-lashed strand. A tiny hitch of breath, the merest twitch of a hand. Machine made. humanity fades to a discordant chorus. February 17, 2017.