Overcoming Adversity: Breaking Hands and Mending Stories

I didn't always relate typing versus handwriting as a question of code-switching and language learning. Here's a bit about my personal journey from Palmer-Method scribbler to dedicated touch typist.

The Neurology of Writing: Training the Hands

Neurons aren't science fiction: they are the metabolic fact of our consciousness.  And the ways we use them help determine our progress as writers.

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Writing and Language: Training Yourself to Write Better

As a writer, you want to make yourself "ready" to write.  And this is no different from mastering a foreign language - just as you'd want to be ready to communicate with a visitor from abroad, you'll need to ready to share your story on the page.

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Reading to Absorb the Language of Writing

For writers, reading extensively provides more than just knowledge and perspective - it's part of mastering the language of the written word.

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Bradbury's Important Habits: Writing and Reading

Day 4 - Writing: Conscious of Myself and Others

This week we kick off with Solaris to get us in the mindset for considering consciousness.

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Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently

Ray Bradbury discusses the persistence which led him to write stories rich with personal meaning.

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The Short Story Workshop - Writing Your People

The short story workshop is your opportunity to write whichever story you wish to share.  Be it science fiction or childhood, a ghost story or a mystery, write the kind of story you've always wanted to write.  Read on for guidelines and tips.

Please Note: the Deadline for this assignment will be 9pm on Wednesday.  This is a hard deadline - this is to allow your classmates enough time to read and comment.  I recommend posting your story earlier if it's ready.

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