wordswimmer

Come dive into a sea of words and swim toward a new understanding of the writing process.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Don't panic!

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Not writing? Take a breath. Then take another. This moment will pass and words will return the same way your breath returns. The page in fro...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The power of a determined voice

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When Sarah Aronson was a nine-year-old girl growing up in Pennsylvania, she writes in the Author's Note to her new book, Abzuglutely: Ba...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

Where do the words come from?

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After all these years it’s still a mystery how words flow from some invisible source through my arm  to the pen in my hand the ink flowi...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Writing as an act of remembrance

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Writing on some mornings  feels like an act of remembrance  dredging up memories  plunging your pen down a well  and drawing up events  from...
Thursday, May 01, 2025

Working on revisions

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How do you know when you're finished revising your manuscript? After the second or third pass, it's easy to believe that you're ...
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Bruce Black
Chicago, Illinois, United States
A writer, editor, and teacher, Bruce Black earned his MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and now searches for words and stories on Chicago's northern shore, only a few blocks from Lake Michigan. His book for adults, Writing Yoga, was released in 2011, and his stories for children have appeared in Cricket and Cobblestone magazines. You can contact him at wordswimmer@gmail.com.
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