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'A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us.' Franz Kafka

A Creative Pact - Honouring The Muse

Australian Aborigines say that the big stories—the stories worth telling and retelling, the ones in which you may find the meaning of your life—are forever stalking the right teller, sniffing and...

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Following The Clues - Research And Reflection

As for my next book, I am going to hold myself from writing it till I have it impending in me: grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall. Virginia...

Mar 18, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Describing Place and Self

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.’ Anton Chekhov Despite the fact that I had always carried the knowledge within me that I would one day become a...

Feb 12, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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2012 - Revelations

'The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.' Albert Einstein Earlier this year I wrote a post called Writing Through 2012. It...

Dec 20, 2012 Like

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Exploring Landscape and Belonging Through Story

‘Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.’ James Baldwin Giovanni’s Room Recently I attended a storytelling festival in Aberystwyth and as I sat mesmerized by the unfolding...

Dec 10, 2012 Like

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Writing Between Worlds – Describing the Indescribable

‘The frontier of our world is not far away; it doesn't run along the horizon or in the depths. It glimmers faintly close by, in the twilight of our nearest surroundings; out of the corner of our...

Nov 12, 2012 Like

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The Alchemy of Story: Initiation, Transformation, Revelation

‘The journey into the Underworld is nothing less than a voyage into the heart of Being.’ Peter Marshall, The Philosopher’s Stone When I finished my PhD last year, along with the expected sense of...

Oct 9, 2012 Like

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The Heroine's Journey

'The journey of the Heroine is about saying 'yes' to the true self and, in so doing, to become more fully alive and effective in the world.' Maureen Murdock For the past few weeks I have been...

Sep 17, 2012 Like

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The Hero's Journey - Stages of the Adventure

‘We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.’ Joseph Campbell It seems appropriate to be writing about the Hero’s Journey right now, as...

Sep 6, 2012 Like

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The Hero's Journey - On Story Structure

The Hero's Journey is not an invention but an observation. It is a recognition of a beautiful design, a set of principles that govern the conduct of life and the world of storytelling the way...

Aug 18, 2012 Like

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'Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.'Anaïs Nin, Diary, 1969This is a shorter post than usual because I'm on the move, or at least I'm about to be. Good news is that my publisher...

Aug 7, 2012 Like

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Breaking The Curse: Making Myth Our Own

'All we can do is keep telling the stories, hoping that someone will hear. Hoping that in the noisy echoing nightmare of endlessly breaking news and celebrity gossip, other voices might be heard,...

Jul 23, 2012 Like

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Seeking The Paradox Within Story

Most fables contain at least some truth, and they often enable people to absorb ideas which the ordinary patterns of their thinking would prevent them from digesting.Idries Shah, The SufisAs I have...

Jul 10, 2012 Like

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Writing Character: Uncovering The Wound

To release the full potential of the treasure, the wound must be uncovered, delved into, healed to some degree, as if coated with loving layers of lustrous deposits.Bill Plotkin, SoulcraftEarlier...

Jul 3, 2012 Like

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Telling Tales – Exploring Elements of the Fairy Story

If you dont know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you dont know the stories you may be lost in life. Siberian Elder Once upon a time. . . These familiar words have such power. They...

Jun 24, 2012 Like

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Writing Myth

A myth is a story that is true on the inside but not the outside. Joseph Campbell As my new novel begins to form Im wondering how I might use myth to enrich the story and deepen the themes -...

Jun 16, 2012 Like

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Where Truth Lies: Fact versus Fiction

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.Francis BaconIn a novel, the reader is often interested in how much is true, while in a memoir, the reader wants to know...

Jun 2, 2012 Like

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Juggling Archetypes: Heroes, Villains and Shapeshifters

Archetypes are part of the universal language of storytelling, and a command of their energy is as essential to the writer as breathing.Christopher Vogler, The Writers JourneyAn understanding of...

May 28, 2012 Like

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Imagination And Memory: A Creative Tension

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.Henry MillerI dont plan before I write. Instead I start with an image that...

May 21, 2012 Like

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Motivating Character

We must look at the intentionality of the characters and where they are heading, for they are the main influence upon the shape of stories.James Hillman, Healing FictionsFor many of us (myself...

May 14, 2012 Like

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Catharsis And Transformation In Writing

Through writing, suffering can be transmuted into art.Louise de Salvo, Writing as a Way of Healing My father, like many of us, was afraid of death. So much so, in fact, that he refused to live. He...

May 7, 2012 Like

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Famous First Words

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.Blaise Pascal, PenseesAs Ive been struggling a little with the opening of my new novel and because openings are so important,...

Apr 30, 2012 Like

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Buried Treasure - Symbolism In Story

Reason, science and technology pin us down to the literal fact, but symbols nourish the soul by pointing to something beyond what is known. Symbols quicken reality with meaning.Carl JungToday I...

Apr 23, 2012 Like

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Seeking Legitimacy

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.Sylvia Plath For the first few months of writing this blog, the posts came with ease and clarity as if they were a gift. I looked forward to sitting down...

Apr 16, 2012 Like

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Time To Vote

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.Anatole FranceThis is just a short post to let you know that Ive entered Write On The Fringes into...

Apr 14, 2012 Like

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Digging Deep: Writing Character

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.C. G. JungSecrets are fertile ground for writers because they lie at...

Apr 9, 2012 Like

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Finding A Way In

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.Robert McKeeIn my classes, students sometimes...

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Reading Between The Lines

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. James Russell Lowell It was a timely decision to designate this year as the National Year of Reading. Literacy is...

Mar 26, 2012 Like

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Story As Therapy - Healing The Wound

Write to save yourself and someday youll write because youve been saved. Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces Whilst working on my recently completed PhD I began to explore the origins and purpose of...

Mar 19, 2012 Like

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Write On The Fringes

A Creative Pact - Honouring The Muse

Following The Clues - Research And Reflection

Describing Place and Self

2012 - Revelations

Exploring Landscape and Belonging Through Story

Writing Between Worlds – Describing the Indescribable

The Alchemy of Story: Initiation, Transformation, Revelation

The Heroine's Journey

The Hero's Journey - Stages of the Adventure

The Hero's Journey - On Story Structure

Stepping Into The Future

Breaking The Curse: Making Myth Our Own

Seeking The Paradox Within Story

Writing Character: Uncovering The Wound

Telling Tales – Exploring Elements of the Fairy Story

Writing Myth

Where Truth Lies: Fact versus Fiction

Juggling Archetypes: Heroes, Villains and Shapeshifters

Imagination And Memory: A Creative Tension

Motivating Character

Catharsis And Transformation In Writing

Famous First Words

Buried Treasure - Symbolism In Story

Seeking Legitimacy

Time To Vote

Digging Deep: Writing Character

Finding A Way In

Reading Between The Lines

Story As Therapy - Healing The Wound

Writing Space and Time

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