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December 1, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
We are coming up on another Story SlamMN! Tuesday at Kieran’s Irish Pub. As regular readers know from previous posts, …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: Brenda Ueland, Celebrity Apprentice, cliches, day jobs, Donald Trump, give 110%, imagination, Incredible Hulk, introverts, Lou Ferrigno, nonprofits, performance, personal best, productivity, self-care, story slam, stress, Work in Process
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September 1, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Deadlines have a way of piling up on a person. The result can be cacophanous. As I mentioned last week, …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: carpe diem, cliché, creative process, Dead Poets Society, Drake, Ervin McKinness, Eva Moreda, Mae West, Margaret Atwood, Penelope, Penelopiad, Robin Williams, stereotype, story slam, storytelling, The Lonely Island, topoi, Work in Process, YOLO
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August 10, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This month I will be republishing the three guest posts I wrote for Word Sprout’s 2014 blog residency. These included …
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Category: Republished from Elsewhere
| Tags: Allison Broeren, Amy Salloway, Connie Regan Blake, creative practice, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Laura Buchholz, Lewis Mundt, Mimi Nguyen, Neil Hilborn, oral tradition, Paul Canada, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, Taylor Tower, Thadra Sheridan, Wonder Dave Crady, Word Sprout, writing process, YouTube
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June 29, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Word Sprout’s last story slam of the season – the Grand Slam – is this Tuesday, July 1. I hate …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: blame, Domenichino, DSM, Eve, ICD, impulsive, mental health, OCD, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, temptation, trichotillomania, Work in Process, writing process
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June 22, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
In honor of my daughter’s graduation from the University of Chicago last weekend – with a Master’s in Divinity, no …
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Category: Stories I've Told
| Tags: Carl Sagan, family life, messiness, Ms. Frizzle, parenting, science, story slam, storytelling
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June 8, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
As I mentioned maybe a hundred thousand times in the last four weeks, I had a story slam performance last …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: choices, Fish Out of Water, George MacDonald, Grand Slam, hell, revising, Scripture, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, The Moth
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May 25, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Mike Hentges was one of three winners for Word Sprout’s Story Slam in May on the theme “Provoked.” He’s fairly new to the …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, creative process, interviews, provoked, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, writing process
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May 24, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
The kiss was amazing. But I knew I was falling in love because when I asked him if he had …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: divorce, family life, marriage, spoken word, story slam, storytelling
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April 27, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Heather won last month’s Story SlamMN! at Kieran’s Irish Pub. The theme was “Courageous.” Without further ado, here are her …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: courage, courageous, creative practice, interviews, prompts, spoken word, story slam
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April 14, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
All three of the winners at Wordsprout’s Story SlamMN! “Thankful” in March were willing to answer my questions about their …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, interviews, prompts, provoked, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, thankful, YouTube
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