In her latest Chronicle essay, Rachel Toor writes about the habit of writing. Warning: Prepare to feel chastised if you aren't a)writing and b)exercising as much as you should/want to be.
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I've been out of college almost 20 years, but I still enjoy reading the main campus newspaper (and thanks to the Internet, it's easy for me to do so!). Here's a story--about a "budding freshman author" named Noni D. Carter--that makes such visits to the newspaper's site even more meaningful.
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Midge Raymond reports on her recent trip to the Southern California Writers' Conference and what she heard there.
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Another useful nuts-and-bolts column from "After Deadline."
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Ouch. Didn't mean to make folks feel "chastised" for not writing, and I don't think anyone should exercise if she doesn't love it (I don't exercise, I only run--outdoors, in beautiful places). However, if you don't brush your teeth, that's a problem.
Thanks for the mention of my essay (I think).
Rachel Toor
Thanks very much for stopping by, Rachel. If you spend some more time on the blog, I hope you'll see that I'm a fan of your Chronicle essays. I certainly meant no harm by this mention. For some of us (especially those not on a relatively flexible academic or freelance schedule), failing to write or exercise (for me, alas, it IS exercise) for even a few days can cause self-chastisement. Perhaps this may make us a bit hypersensitive.
I feel your pain. My audience at the Chronicle is primarily academics, and many of them have very little flexibility in their schedules. I am describing an ideal; reality will always fall short of that, but the idea is to shift the thinking so that you can (maybe, eventually) shift the practice.
I do love your blog, by the way.
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