10 Words to Shape Your Writing Life By
January 13th, 2012 by me
“A word after a word
after a word is power.”
- from “Spelling” by Margaret Atwood
which is an amazing poem.
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“A word after a word
after a word is power.”
- from “Spelling” by Margaret Atwood
which is an amazing poem.
Posted in Meg's Posts
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.
January 16th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I love this poem, Meg. I wrote an lyric essay after reading it a few years ago, based on this part:
“How do you learn to spell?
Blood, sky & the sun,
your own name first,
your first naming, your first name,
your first word.”
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:22 am
Like Teri, I also love the last part of the poem. It is true in the case of most people, right?
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January 23rd, 2012 at 4:54 am
It’s amazing how such a simple, yet beautiful poem, can inspire so many. Thank you for sharing.
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