“[Art] is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.” ― Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? Art, like faith, requires nothing so much as imagination. Yet as a Christian and as an artist, I tend to get so crumpled up by
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There’s no other goal. And yet, so often, it feels like the only thing I can’t manage to do. So I’m constantly searching for help. It’s a perk of running a site for writers as long as I have—I get the direct benefit. All the great insights and stories of writers struggling just like all of us, people you’d think
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“Forget, men, everything On this earth newborn, Except that it is lovelier Than any mysteries.” ~ EDWARD THOMAS, from The Trumpet, in Poems, 1917, written shortly before he was killed in action in France during WW1, by a final round of fire as he stood to light his pipe. Sure, we all struggle with different things. But we all
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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” – Horace Christmas already feels long since past. With its noise and bluster, I’m never entirely sad to see it go. The family, the house, the food and drink, the schedules and music can finally all return to normal. School routines will begin again. The
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Whenever I work with new authors, they’re eager and excited. And almost always they want to focus on how they did—whether the structure they used works and how well it “flows.” But what I find almost 100% of the time is that first, they need help hearing what they said. And without exception, it’s surprising to them to realize what
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