Member Lizann
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Do we seek to express or to succeed?
I find that writing is necessary for me. Though I hold to thoughts of bursting onto the scene with a book suitable for the NYT best sellers list, or a script steeped deeply in a some universal theme that speaks to audiences at large, in the end I just need to write. For my sake, for my sanity, writing is an outlet that I must fit into my…
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We write because we have something to say. Best sellers lists, in essence, are simply marketing tools to let folks know that other folks are buying this book, so give it a try.
As I tell my writing students, we do this because we observe something in the world, and we want to tell a story about it, and we also wanna be immortal. We still…
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For me having a creative outlet has been cheaper than therapy. From the time my kids were young they’ve had to navigate a two household dynamic. I’ve had art supplies sitting around and it has changed the mood in a positive direction many times at my place. They are both adults now and I’ve seen how it is still a healthy outlet. So in our…
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Sensitivity is the Name of the Game
Octavia E. Butler must have been a sensitive soul. I’ve convinced myself that her writing of Lauren in Parable of the Sower, a character who feels the pain of those around her as well as their joys, was based on Octavia herself. That is why Octavia was a recluse in her life. She felt too strongly the emotions of those around her. That…
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Where do we go from here?
I enjoy the idea of love. Such an abstract concept left to us to define via the experiences we have in the world and the choices we make after. In time these decisions can leave us feeling beat up and torn down and we must decide if we will give love another try. I say yes, but find it in ways you never looked for it before. Love can be as…
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all about love
What happened to old conversations where we discuss love? How can we explore its roots and how they found their way into us? How they grew unchecked dependent on old practices and roles that no longer apply in the ever dynamic social setting of life? How distorted is the image of love now? and How do we unearth love again so that our roots…
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all about love - a creatives rabbit hole
Love is hard to define, shape, express. It is an abstract feeling that is personal to each individual and how they feel they should experience love, how they accept love. If a trilogy is written on love from the perspective of a non-binary character who hasn’t defined this emotion for themselves, how would that be received? There are so…
