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Tag: Jane Kurtz

Write with wonder

January 29, 2017 A. B. Westrick 6 Comments

In a July 2016 article in Toronto’s Metro News, writer Richard Crouse recounts a joke told by world-class cellist Yo-Yo…

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Filed under: childhood, craft, emotional truth, fiction, Jane Kurtz, Martha Brockenbrough, MFA, process, scenes, story, The Music of Strangers, VCFA, wonder, writing, Yo Yo Ma

Salivation and Satisfaction

February 29, 2016 A. B. Westrick 5 Comments

When I was a student in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, I heard Jane Kurtz, the…

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Filed under: character, craft, fiction, Jane Kurtz, literature, manuscript, MFA, plot, process, protagonist, revision, salivation, satisfaction, scenes, story, structure, VCFA, writing

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Articles, Interviews, & Podcasts:

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I confess that I’ve stopped beating myself up over my process. It is what it is. March 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I talk about setting priorities in my writing life. February 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I ramble about my writing process, including how I conquer writer’s block. January 23, 2019

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