Flannery & the Dragon
Flannery O'Connor once wrote that, no matter what form a dragon may take, any story of depth will deal with a "mysterious passage past [the dragon], or into his jaws."
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Answering Questions: A Writing Task Upended
All writers have those days when they feel stuck. In this writing exercise, Susan Sink shares how asking questions and using poetry can help.
Success, Setbacks, and Benedictine Stability
Kathleen Norris has had tremendous success as an author, but also setbacks. Benedictine humility, she says, is what gives her stability.
A Good Place to Write — and Revise
Lauren F. Winner has led summer writing workshops at the Collegeville Institute since 2014. In this interview, she talks about why most of writing is revision.
How Pastors Write for Public Life
A group of pastors met in early May at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary for the five-day writing workshop How Pastors Write for Public Life.
An Index of Speech
An evocative poem by Janet R. Kirchheimer and Jaclyn Piudik about "the astonishment of stars deserted, blotted/ on etching paper, ravaged into form."
Symmetry and the Sentence
What makes a sentence compelling to a reader? According to Charles Halton, it's not absolute symmetry but slight imperfections.
H is for Harry
In this interview, Susan Sink discusses her new book H is for Harry, how blogging integrates with her writing process, and why poetry is not dead.
Writing in Community, Part Two
In part two of her interview, Betsy-Johnson Miller asks the Wholly Writers about writing beyond the congregation and the importance of generous critique.
Writing in Community, Part One
The Wholly Writers discuss their writing group's origin story, their vocation as writer-pastor-mothers, and how writing is a sacred act of integration.
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