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Using Extended Metaphors in Your Writing — Part Two

On By Patrick RossIn Committed: A Memoir, Memoir, RoadTrip, Storytelling, Writing6 Comments

Extended metaphors in prose resonate with the reader, even if she isn't sure what it is the author has done to trigger that resonance. In Part One of this series I explained that making use of a recurring metaphor advances both plot and character development. We looked at how to identify a key theme that needs …

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Here’s to Creatives Who Work a Day Job

On By Patrick RossIn Committed: A Memoir, Creativity, RoadTrip, Self-employment, Teaching, Visual Art, Writing35 Comments

Very few creatives completely support themselves financially through their art. It is those who struggle to find the time and creative energy to produce while managing other work responsibilities that I am thinking about today as those of us in the United States celebrate Labor Day. Take the more than forty creatives I interviewed on …

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