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Tag Archives: Jane Anne Staw
Try, Try Again
Whatever works for you, I tell my students. There’s no one way to write, no hard-and-fast rule that guarantees success, as much as we want one. And yet, certain koan-like statements have made it onto my bulletin board or refrigerator. … Continue reading
Posted in craft, teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Caribou Island, Colum McCann, David Vann, drafts, Fiction Writing Intensive, index cards, Jane Anne Staw, Legend of a Suicide, Lindsey Crittenden, Lydia Davis, Post-its, Proust, Samuel Beckett, Swann's Way, The Millions, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' colony, writing process
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It’s About Time
This post continues discussion of the five components to a writing practice, as proposed by Jane Anne Staw in her excellent talk at UC Berkeley Extension’s Summer Fiction Intensive. How many of us say that we’ll write our novel, story, … Continue reading
Voices in Our Heads
This week’s post follows up on last week’s discussion of Jane Anne Staw’s talk on the five components of a writing practice, given at the Fiction Writing Intensive this past July at UC Berkeley Extension. Last week, I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in reading, teaching, writing
Tagged Anne Lamott, Art of Fiction, Bird by Bird, books on writing, Borrowers, Fiction Writing Intensive, internal critic, Jane Anne Staw, John Gardner, Lindsey Crittenden, UC Berkeley Extension, uninvited guests, writer's block, writing process
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A Safe Place
A few weeks ago, at the Fiction Writing Intensive offered by UC Berkeley Extension, writer Jane Anne Staw spoke of the five components of a writing practice. The first thing you need, she said, is a place. A real, physical … Continue reading
Posted in craft, reading, teaching, writing
Tagged Fiction Writing Intensive, Jane Anne Staw, Lindsey Crittenden, Poets & Writers, Sonoma County, The New Yorker, The Water Will Hold You, UC Berkeley Extension, Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block, writing, writing practice
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It’s been a good couple weeks on the fiction front. First, though, a confession: I haven’t written in months – written written, that is. My work has taken a backseat to wedding planning, helping organize two major moves (fiancé in; … Continue reading
Posted in community, craft, reading, teaching, writing, writing groups
Tagged blog, Cody Gates, fiction, Fiction Intensive, fiction workshop, fiction writing, Good Letters, Jane Anne Staw, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Critenden, revision, Rincon, Ryan Sloan, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' group, writing fiction
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