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	<description>asking questions and discovering how little I know</description>
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		<title>Happy and unhappy and how we think of them</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/05/12/happy-and-unhappy-and-how-we-think-of-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 12:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about the words happy and unhappy and what they meant and what those things were actually about. I&#8217;ll save you considerable reading by telling you how I summed it up: We&#8217;re almost always aware of when we&#8217;re &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/05/12/happy-and-unhappy-and-how-we-think-of-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My wonderful new playlist</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/04/21/my-wonderful-new-playlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a fabulous new playlist. I suppose you have to like this kind of music but if you do I think you will likely find it wonderful as well. It&#8217;s a little quiet and a little jazzy (or a &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/04/21/my-wonderful-new-playlist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Jeremiad (aka Peon’s Blues)</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/04/21/morning-jeremiad-aka-peons-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgive my jeremiad but I have the need to say That when I rose this morning I didn’t feel okay. I went to my computer to read the right now news And every single one of us sang a peon’s &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/04/21/morning-jeremiad-aka-peons-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leonard Cohen and doing it Old School</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/04/18/leonard-cohen-and-doing-it-old-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got to see Leonard Cohen live (after all these years) at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick and my first thought was, “This is a show.” Let me explain what I mean because of course, any concert &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/04/18/leonard-cohen-and-doing-it-old-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Story plus telling equals storytelling</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/03/17/story-plus-telling-equals-storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storyboat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short video below, The Evolution of Storytelling, tells a story about stories. However, pay attention to how it tells its story. Listen to it and pay attention. You may have noticed pairs and sequences of threes. In fact, the &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/03/17/story-plus-telling-equals-storytelling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/03/09/wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“700 light years away … a dying star is building a nebula.” Some people think wonder is the province of children. Some believe, as we get older, we get used to, even blasé about our world. I disagree. Some may &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/03/09/wonder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dead reckoning and getting unstuck &#8211; a repost</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/03/08/dead-reckoning-and-getting-unstuck-a-repost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes to go forward we need to go back. It’s a cliché, but to know where we’re headed we need to know where we are. To know where we are we need to know where we’ve been. In The Friday &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/03/08/dead-reckoning-and-getting-unstuck-a-repost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The one thing you need to know when writing about the one thing you need to know</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/02/10/need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2013/02/10/need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Put the one thing people need to know in the first sentence. At the very least, put it in the first paragraph. Far too often, people headline a post with “The one thing you need to know …” and then &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/02/10/need-to-know/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers consumed by what they consume: Feed</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/02/09/consumers-consumed-by-what-they-consume-feed/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2013/02/09/consumers-consumed-by-what-they-consume-feed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished Feed by M.T. Anderson and enjoyed it immensely. What struck me most about it, and perhaps one of the reasons I liked it so much, is that it seemed so retro. By this I mean it reminded &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/02/09/consumers-consumed-by-what-they-consume-feed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hurry and die</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2013/01/23/hurry-and-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A brief poem suggested by this news story: Japan&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister, Taro Aso, Says Old People Should &#8216;Hurry Up And Die&#8217; Hurry and Die Hurry and die, hurry and die! We cannot afford you. The price is too high. Investments &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2013/01/23/hurry-and-die/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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