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Developing Your Style – a la Astaire

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

From today’s The Writer’s Almanac, on the birthday of Fred Astaire: [Fred Astaire] said: “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your … Continue reading →

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Words — For the Quote Box

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. — John Maynard Keynes Continue reading →

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Leonard Bernstein, on JFK and life and art

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

This must be the mission of every man of goodwill: to insist, unflaggingly, at risk of becoming a repetitive bore, but to insist on the achievement of a world in which the mind will have triumphed over violence. — Leonard Bernstein Continue reading →

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Surprise! From the Quote Box

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that you’d think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise. — Lewis Thomas

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Writing Advice

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

The best advice I know to give is to learn to put up with boredom and frustration. You have to sit through the dull times when nothing’s coming and stay there, for however much time you’ve given yourself to write, … Continue reading →

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