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		<title>Hazards of living in Alberta</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/09/26/hazards-of-living-in-alberta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I lived in Alberta for roughly twenty years before moving to New Brunswick about five years ago. Over the last few days, I’ve discovered one of the hazards of having lived there for so long. You are never where you were. (If you’re impatient, just scroll to the end for the capper.) There was a [...]]]></description>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4116</guid>
		<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>You need poetry in your posts</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/24/your-need-poetry-in-your-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analogies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What the world really needs is poetry in posts. Seriously. Keep in mind, when we use the word poetry we usually mean it in one of two ways. There is the very technical use when we are talking about something like a Shakespearean sonnet. But there is also the much more common use, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t have two Cinderellas in one story</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/14/dont-have-two-cinderellas-in-one-story/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/06/14/dont-have-two-cinderellas-in-one-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bastards]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is about sports and stories – specifically, hockey and stories. So you’ve been warned. We’re down to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. That’s a big deal in Canada and, depending on who and where you are, it may be a big deal to you. Two teams are in it: the Vancouver Canucks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the door is locked, use a window</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/03/09/if-the-door-is-locked-use-a-window/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/03/09/if-the-door-is-locked-use-a-window/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[restructuring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you find a door locked it’s not unusual to waste a lot of time trying to open it. But it’s locked and no matter what you do it won’t open. That is when you pause, take a look around and notice the window – and it’s open. That’s your way in. It can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The editor steps in again</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/02/21/the-editor-steps-in-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been unusually quiet at Writelife. You can blame the editor for that. I have three posts unpublished because the editor has nixed them. Yes, the editor is me. The editor is a self-editor. What was wrong with the posts? They were cranky. Whiny. The tone was all bitchiness. The editor doesn&#8217;t like that. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pairs, sequences and storytelling</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/01/23/pairs-sequences-and-storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storyboat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[different fonts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[font sizes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repetition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhythm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romanticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self expression]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3769</guid>
		<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 opening sentence begins with a sequence of three that concludes with a pair: &#8220;There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with content</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/23/the-problem-with-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Content has a problem and it is easily stated: I have no interest in it. I don’t believe many do and, of those who are interested in it, they aren’t interested in content but in what it can do for them. I don’t want to read or watch content. A movie? Yes. A video? Yes. [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<category><![CDATA[truman show]]></category>

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		<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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