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How I Think I Did

Every semester, Goddard asks its students to write a self-evaluation of their performance. For some reason, I’ve never posted them to Fluid Imagination, but I can’t for the life of me think why not. I mean, I try to be pretty open with everything, so why not publish this stuff too?
So, without further adieu, here [...]

Gonna Do It, Come What May

I said at the end of my last Adventures in Writing column that I wanted to write at least 15,000 words in the month of April. I also said I’d give you an update come the beginning of May.
Well, it’s May 2nd…so time for the update. Let’s go to the numbers.
First, let’s take a look [...]

Tracking Words with Numbers

A little over a month ago, I stumbled across an article entitled, “Advice on Novel Writing,” (it’s no longer available, but Google has it in its cache). One of the things it suggests is keeping a daily log of your writing progress: “The log can give you a sense of accomplishment, especially on big projects, [...]

A Personal Statement

[I sent the following to Goddard College as part of my application to particpate in their Master of Fine Arts for Creative Writing program. The requirement here was to write a personal statement that explains why I want to receive the degree, how I hope to use the degree, why I think Goddard's unique program [...]

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