Hi friends &
writers,
No news to report, just good days and bare legs and downtown
sprouting into summer. Keep me posted on your writing triumphs and struggles
and ideas …
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PROCESS: WRITE TO PLEASE JUST ONE PERSON
Kurt Vonnegut once advised, “Write to please just one person. If you
open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get
pneumonia.” Likewise, when Haruki Murakami owned a bar before becoming an
author, he observed, “If one out of ten was a repeat customer, the business
would survive. To put it another way, it didn’t matter if nine out of ten
didn’t like my bar.” Forgetting about all of the potential readers who might
not like your writing, and thinking instead of the very few who you hope will
LOVE it, can be exceptionally freeing.
Try this:
Dedicate a piece of writing to a single “you.”
FEATURED VENUE: THE DRUM
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PROMPT
“The last time I wore
that feeling” (10min)
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