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How do I write songs? Read Steve Kowitt’s In the Palm of Your Hand.

I have always known that one day I would take this path though yesterday I did not know it would be today. — Arriwara no Naribari (Japan, eleventh century) (p. vii) Understand that you can have in your writing no qualities which you do not honestly entertain in yourself. Understand that you cannot keep out … How do I write songs? Read Steve Kowitt’s In the Palm of Your Hand.

The Fault IS in our Stars

Truly. I’m talking about the star-rating system for books. I love teaching, and a big part of teaching writing is one-on-one reviews of student writing, plus group critiques in class. A teacher would never, ever tell a student his or her paper was worth three stars (or five, for that matter) and then … The Fault IS in our Stars