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Monthly Archives: December 2003

The Holiness of the Heart’s Affections

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on December 25, 2003 by Sheila BenderOctober 2, 2011

I recently came across the following quote from German philosopher Karl Jaspers whose work influenced theology and psychology: Truth, he wrote,  “only appears in time as a reality-through-communication. Abstracted from communication, truth hardens into an unreality.” For those of us who write from personal experience this means that our words supply the necessary blood, tissues, … Continue reading →

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Private Writing as Playroom

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on December 18, 2003 by Rebecca McClanahanMarch 30, 2023

This week’s article is an excerpt from Rebecca McClanahan’s instructional book Write Your Heart Out: Exploring & Expressing What Matters To You, published by Walking Stick Press.  This season, as we watch children in an environment where everything seems transformed, we re-experience the magic of childhood.  Rebecca McClanahan’s thoughts and advice help us retrieve the … Continue reading →

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Sow More Seeds for Personal Essay Writing

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on December 11, 2003 by Sheila BenderOctober 2, 2011

I enjoy dipping into a collection of short fiction entitled You’ve Got To Read This as much for the pleasure of the fiction itself as for gathering new ideas about how to organize writing.  There is something about the way short fiction writers tell stories that inspires the essay writer in me.  When I opened … Continue reading →

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On the Development of the Poem “Under Cover of Green”

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real Posted on December 4, 2003 by Christine RobinsonDecember 6, 2011

Shortly after I posted the September 11, 2003 instructional exercise for Writing It Real, subscriber Christine Robinson sent me some writing of hers that resulted from using the exercise.  In this week’s article, I want to show you what she wrote and how she developed the draft, which she thought resembled a prose poem, into … Continue reading →

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