I Heart Hamilton Tour: MARGARET ATWOOD - November 22, 2011
I really like Margaret Atwood’s work, and am sorry I missed this. At least the ladies from ihearthamilton were able to enjoy!
Margaret Atwood Hamilton Central Library 55 York Boulevard
It’s not every day you get to be in the presence of a literary icon. As an English major graduate and having a lifelong love of literature in general, I was beyond thrilled to get the opportunity to attend Margaret Atwood’s…
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Compared with my blue-collar father, I don’t do ‘real’ work
It was late last year when I truly realized the difference between the kind of work I do and the work my father does.
Dad was late for a family dinner, and when he finally arrived, he looked somewhat shaken. After making small talk with relatives, he sat down beside me and quietly, so as not to alarm anyone else, explained how he had narrowly avoided serious injury at the factory that day. He had come close to being struck by a falling steel beam. It wasn’t the first time he had escaped injury at work, but this near-miss had obviously gotten to him in a way the others had not.
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The writing process
Not only is this a really interesting (if brief) look into the creative writing process for a television show, it’s also really funny.
Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head.
From the movie Finding Forrester (via foggybythebay)
(Maybe more for the creative writer, but it still works.)
Source: foggybythebay
