Category Archives: Writing Process

MORE THAN ROMANCE

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Valentine’s Day has come and gone. It’s the day when we celebrate romance by sending boxes of chocolate, and sweet cards to those we love. Yes, love is a gift, but it’s also a verb. Here’s a story from my … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Genius

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Last week I watched a movie entitled Genius about author, Thomas Wolfe. What caught my attention was the voluminous manuscripts Wolfe brought his editor, Max Perkins, and one scene in particular where Perkins says, “Thomas, put down your pencil.” Last … Continue reading →

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Does Size Matter?

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

The following is an essay I read last Friday at BraVa, an event sponsored by Marion Roach Smith and the YWCA in Troy, NY. Marion is the author of The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life, … Continue reading →

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Memoir as a Process of Forgiveness

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Almost ten years ago, a friend helped me set up a blog after I’d published my first book, Teacher Dropout about discovering God’s grace while I worked in a poverty school. He explained, a blog is like the lady at … Continue reading →

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Dry Bones

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

As a writer, I recently listened to an interview with Shayla Raquel on Marion Roach Smith’s podcast, Qwerty. It was so good, I bought her book, The 10 Commandments of Author Branding. In it, Shayla, a self-publishing mentor and branding … Continue reading →

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The 5 Senses, a Writer’s Power Tools

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

A whiff of lilacs and I’m back in the arbor atop Thorndon Park, awash in college-girl angst, looking for love and my place in the universe. One beat of Stevie Wonder’s wah-wah pedal in “Superstition”, and I’m back in the … Continue reading →

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Beneath the Roar

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Here’s another insider look at my writing process in hopes that if you’re a writer, this will help you get your own words on the page, and if you’re a reader, it will portray how God is always at work … Continue reading →

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Hard-headed Blue Birds

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Last week, I got some lovely responses to my post about how to begin telling your God story, so this week I planned to give you another writing tip, but on what topic? ********************************************************************************** Every time, I sat down to … Continue reading →

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Catch a Falling Star

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Because many of you readers are also writers, let me show you how to begin telling your own flash memoir. Just let memories float to the surface, one by one, not knowing how they’ll connect, but trusting that as they … Continue reading →

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Straining at the Oars

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Everyone I’ve talked to this week is stressed to their breaking point. Problems at work, problems at home, problems with health both mental and physical. With the war in Ukraine, a global pandemic, wildfires, tornadoes, floods, high gas prices—and a … Continue reading →

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