When we rush the process just for the sake of speed – in writing, theatre, or any creative endeavor – we risk leaving some of the best ideas on the table, undiscovered. Slowness is where the magic is happening.
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The Thunderclap Series #9: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
This week’s “Thunderclap” book isn’t actually a book. It’s a play: I first encountered Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia…
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The Dark Before Dawn
Though last week’s chapter in the tale “How I Became R. A. Nelson” was a tribute to the unexpected richness…
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Surprised by Fayetteville
We pick up the tale of “How I Became R. A. Nelson” in Fayetteville, NC, where I moved after finishing…
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Gatekeeper II: A (Mostly) Academic Memoir
I cannot talk about Gatekeeper II: The Leaving without talking about King – King College, that is. Just as Gatekeeper…
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