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Friday, April 1, 2011

Things only a Mother hears

Today (April 1, 2011) My little Ashley (5) walked into the kitchen when I was making dinner---teriyaki chicken---- and I was stirring a bowl full of raw chicken that was brownish because of the teriyaki and she looks at me and says in a normal voice, "Is that poo?" and I said without thinking that was a weird question "No. It's chicken." she looks at me and says "ewww" and walks away.
Now there are a few things wrong with this...
1st. why would I be stirring poo in the first place?
2nd. why would I be doing it in the kitchen if I was stirring poo?
3rd. why would she think of poo first? Why wouldn't food come to her little mind?
4th. Why would she think chicken would be worse than poo?

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KarynApril 2, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Sooooo funny!
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Things I've Learned About Writing, By Writing

Let's face it, anti-writing might be the same as writing. But Writing, with a capital W, just puts on so much pressure. It's a scary place, all white and sterile and expecting no less than perfection, and it's a very bad place for creativity. Creativity, I've found, wants to go hide behind the nearest stainless steel table. So I've come up with my own set of rules.

1. Allow yourself to be bad.

2. Humility is huge. (See #1)

3. Creating and editing really are two different processes and must be done separately. Both are a form of play, but one form of play cancels out the other. In the first form, you make a clay-like medium out of various random elements, and in the second, you mold it. The first is a process of discovery, the second, a process of order. How can you order what has not yet been created? How can you create and mold at the same time?

P.S. Discovery hates rules (see #1). Order loves them.

4. Every single person has both the story and the rules inside of them. We sense it subconsciously, and we should trust that inner voice. On the downside, trial and error might be the only way to uncover it. And possibly, other people helping you (see #2), which brings me to rule #5, the hardest:

5. Balance. In all things, but specifically: when to listen to other people, and when (like the arrows on a tampon wrapper) to ignore them. In other words, believe in yourself. Just not too much. Do you see where I have difficulty with this rule?

6. I believe God is the one who releases the muse guy from the muse guy school in the clouds to come and pay me a visit. Creation is a God-given talent, and as we learn to create, we grow as people. We have a divine potential, and the One who created us can show us who we are.

7. When we grow as a person, we grow as a writer.

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Things only a Mother hears

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Things I've Learned About Writing, By Writing

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