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A Writer’s Notebook
You must read Ralph Fletcher. If you fancy yourself a writer, then you really must read Ralph Fletcher. I only wish I’d read his work when I was a kid. Here are a few insights from this marvelous text: What … Continue reading
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How Writers Work
You must read Ralph Fletcher. According to Fletcher, the secret of writing is that there is no secret. There is a process, but not “the one and only process” that every writer must follow. You’ll need to work out what … Continue reading
Committed to Memory
In his introduction to Committed to Memory, Hollander reminds us of a story in Plato’s Phaedrus, where Socrates talks about the Egyptian god Thoth, who upon showing his written characters to the god Ammon, gets scolded. Ammon says, “This discovery … Continue reading