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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>
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		<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>Passion without a harness</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/17/passion-without-a-harness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1085;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1092;&#1080;&#1103;ikoniWe hear and read all the time about how we have to be passionate about what we do and, yes, we do. It&#8217;s hard to generate enthusiasm in others if we don&#8217;t feel passion and it is also hard to hold our own interest in something if we aren&#8217;t passionate about. But we have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories are equations</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/10/stories-are-equations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how stories work: 1 plus 2 equals 3. They are equations. However, unless you’re a mathematician, this kind of equation isn’t very interesting. Storytelling is an art (or craft, if you prefer). A storyteller makes his or her equation appealing by jazzing it up, a bit like this: One dishonest cop plus two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling, classifications and definitions</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/04/storytelling-classifications-and-definitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world mad for deconstructing, classifying and compartmentalizing. We have always done this but never to the degree we do now. It has something to do with the rise and growth of science. It’s the process we developed in order to learn and understand. It can, however, be restrictive and have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branded by a dog</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/29/branded-by-a-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without intending to, I’ve allowed my dog to brand me. Although I rant about the idea of personal branding, I’m aware I have a one. (From my post a year or so ago: &#8220;&#8230; When we use the term brand &#8230; we’re really talking about &#8230; our identity. When we concentrate on, and try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impractical pursuits and other questions</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/18/impractical-pursuits-and-other-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a post on Thoughtwrestling today called Nothing more to say – the secret brain. In it I mention something I call The Impractical Pursuits Project and I’m deliberately vague because I’ve not fully formed the idea in my own head yet. Part of it, however, is counter-intuitive – which is why I call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The awful truth about being brief</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/16/the-awful-truth-about-being-brief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being brief takes time. That is the awful truth. You would think brevity would take less time. It is, after all, brief. The reality, however, is that it takes more time; at least it does if you intend to write something worthwhile. Writing something long, like a blog post, is easy. At least it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling &#8212; get out of the way</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/14/storytelling-get-out-of-the-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the indifference of weather, he shot the child and kept walking. I’ve mentioned before that far too often we’re focused on writing rather than storytelling. I refer to writing because that is what I do, but this is applicable to all forms of storytelling – written, verbal, film, etc. Our writing gets in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The affair of the missing Part II</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/05/the-affair-of-the-missing-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s possible you are wondering where Part II is, the post that follows up my post from a few days ago, People and stories — Part 1. I&#8217;m wondering that too. Both of those posts, the published one and the missing follow-up, are part of the document I&#8217;m creating as part of GloManWriMo, a month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I plan to cheat &#8211; you are advised</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/31/i-plan-to-cheat-you-are-advised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark over at Thoughtwrestling had what I think is a very good idea: a non-fiction, manifesto writing month. You can get the details here. I&#8217;ve decided against my better judgement to participate. I only say that because I&#8217;ve so many things I&#8217;m working on and worrying about now that one more on the pile is [...]]]></description>
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