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I’ve been away too long

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Beverly Magid in Interview

So much has happened to my writing since my last blog, it’s almost like starting over. Last fall I began a writing class with Jack Grapes and his Method of Writing. I was in his class nine years ago but this time around it was much more meaningful and I felt the process more. At the moment, I’m not in a novel-writing frame of mind, now I’ve started doing short fiction and poems. I feel freer than before when I was constrained to a specific story line. I often start with no story line and see where it takes me. I recommend this process to everyone for whatever time period feels good. Writing with freedom can open doors you didn’t even know existed. I wrote after viewing Robert Rauschenberg’s art piece “1/4 Mile,” Edward Hopper’s painting “Automat,” my trip to Morocco, tributes to my parents on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and after reading M.F.K. Fisher’s piece on oysters. I still get stymied for ideas, but if I keep an open mind and both eyes open, who knows where the ideas will come from.

poems, short fiction, writing

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