Working with 60+ students for the last three weeks has been — well, a rock n’ roll show, a carnival ride, a trip — my head is spinning. Last night, having said goodbye to them, plus having picked up a bunch of papers, I felt so … almost guilty, as though I’d done something wrong. […]
Did I say that I would write a blogpost once a week this year? Did I sign up to teach (full-time!) for four weeks? It isn’t looking much like it around here, but it really is March and my birthday month. So here’s a poem by Bellingham poet Luci Shaw. It appeared on The Writer’s […]
In [fields other than writing]–sports, or music, or practical arts–learning through practice rules. Basketball players practice shooting baskets. Jazz musicians practice scales and intervals. Aspiring cooks apprentice themselves to masters to learn their skills. Even people learning a foreign language devote themselves to practice. This is a different way to learn from the one most […]
In no particular order: Because your writing group will keep you writing (literally if your group like mine writes during its time together). Because the writing you do once a week (or once a month, for that matter) oozes into the rest of your time — you’ll want to have work to share with your […]