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		<title>Marquez and his Melancholy Whores</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/25/marquez-and-his-melancholy-whores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores (translated by Edith Grossman), a novella published in English in 2005, I did not like it. I’ve recently re-read it and found it much more rewarding. I believe my first reading was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dutch Wife and multiple stories &#8211; a review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote and posted the review below about six years ago when I first read this book. I liked it so much, I&#8217;m reading it again. And so, I&#8217;m posting this again &#8230; I just finished reading one of the most enjoyable books I&#8217;ve read in a while. It&#8217;s called The Dutch Wife and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No absolutes with stories</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/11/no-absolutes-with-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While it is helpful to think of stories as equations there is one very important caveat. Unlike a mathematical equation where the result is absolute (1 plus 2 can only be 3), results are never absolute with stories. There are any number of possible results – some more credible than others, but none an absolute. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People and stories &#8212; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/02/people-and-stories-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote that, “A story is people involved in events told by people to people.” I then asked why some stories are interesting and others dull. I suspect the answer to that has to do with that word “people.” We’re obsessed with ourselves, each other, and what happens to us. That is what news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master storyteller &#8211; Robert Louis Stevenson</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/16/master-storyteller-robert-louis-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want someone to model yourself after as a storyteller, go to Robert Louis Stevenson. Now that guy could tell stories. Many writers, like myself, make the mistake of writing. I’ve done that and still find myself doing it. We need to stop writing and get on with telling the story. It’s the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to be a better writer &#8211; three tips</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/29/how-to-be-a-better-writer-three-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how to become a better writer: 1) write 2) read 3) listen They seem obvious, at least to me. Especially the first one. How does anyone improve a skill except by practice? Whether they&#8217;re athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, doctors &#8212; whatever &#8212; people get good at something by doing it. A lot. It&#8217;s the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exuberance fuels creativity – book review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/exuberance-fuels-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.” – McHugh/Fields – (This review originally appeared on the Thoughtwrestling blog, June 8, 2010.) I think it’s safe to say most people would rather be happy than unhappy. You feel better when you’re happy. There is also another reason why I prefer it: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arriving where we started</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/20/arriving-where-we-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted on another blog, this post was published Sept. 25, 2005 &#8211; or earlier. But it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day and I thought it appropriate.) It has not been the best of years for quite a few people I know. I’ve been struck by how many of them have lost someone in their lives, in most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books from my night table</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/12/i-like-to-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like books; I like to read. Over at Thoughtwrestling, we&#8217;ve had a week of book suggestions and/or reviews from the various contributors. I made mention a few days ago about a book I&#8217;m currently re-reading called Exuberance. I also wrote a review of it. Today it occurred to me it would be interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens next?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s why they ask, “What happens next?” A great recent example of this in action is [...]]]></description>
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