Weekly Writing It Real Newsletter

October 2, 2025

Oct 2 • 

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September 2025

Writing It Real Weekly Newsletter

Dear Writers,

Sep 26 • 

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I Know I Am a Writer

Contribution to Writing It Real's Series on "When I Knew I Was A Writer"

Sep 23 • 

Carol Blatter

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Writing It Real Weekly Newsletter

Classes, successes and resource links

Sep 19 • 

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WIR Letter September 12, 2025

Subscriber publication news, upcoming classes, resource links

Sep 13 • 

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In Conversation with Philip Kenney

Following up on last week's post, more about the author's work

Sep 12 • 

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31:38

On the Union of Writers and Spirit

Excerpt from Philip Kenney's collection of essays, So Many Surprises: Essays 2013-2023

Sep 5 • 

Philip Kenney

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August 2025

On Becoming a Writer

A personal essay by Sandra Hurtes

Aug 8 • 

Sandra Hurtes

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July 2025

Since Then, The Book Trailer

"I am the wiser and richer for having read it"--Abigail Thomas, What Comes Next and How to Like It

Jul 25 • 

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Using Anaphora

In poetry or prose, when your lines open with the same repeated phrase you gain momentum.

Jul 6

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Writing of the Body: Metaphor Making is Food for the Soul

In his book Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore writes about a client he saw in counseling who was having problems with food and dreamt that her esophagus…

Jul 3 • 

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Interested in 2-hour Summer Classes to Generate Flash Writing and Prose Poems?

Tiny Tales with Tremendous Power

Jul 1 • 

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