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September 21, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I am grateful for any and all attention this blog receives. Even though on a very essential level I write …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: #ArchiveDay, #MondayBlogs, #wwwblogs, award free blog, award policy, awards, blog hops, blogging, blogligations, chain letters, freshly pressed, Liebster Award, One Lovely Blogger Award, overwhelm, recognition, social media, storytellers who blog, tagging, Versatile Blogger Award, Very Inspirational Blogger Award, writing process
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August 25, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I’m currently working on a story for performance at Story Arts of Minnesota’s quarterly PROMPT series. These stories are “based …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: creative process, Lynda Barry, Margaret Atwood, myth, Odyssey, Penelope, Penelopiad, research, Story Arts of Minnesota, storytelling, weaving, What It is, women's narratives, Work in Process, writing process
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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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August 3, 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: Alzheimers, creative practice, divorce, family life, marriage, storytelling, Word Sprout, writing, writing process
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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 15, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is the second in a series of posts about performance storytellers who are long time bloggers. It is in response …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: blogging, creative practice, storytellers who blog, storytelling, writing process
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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 18, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Last week I was asked, under some unusual circumstances, to perform a version of the story below at a private …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: academia, choices, computers, dissertation, doubt, faith, George MacDonald, MLA, storytelling, University of Minnesota, Victorians, Wheaton College, word processing, writing process
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May 11, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Jenna Matthys was one of three winners for Word Sprout’s Story Slam in on the theme “Thankful.” For the first time, …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, editing, interviews, performance, provoked, thankful, writing, writing process, YouTube
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May 4, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
On March 30, I posted a version of a story that was a work-in-progress for the monthly Word Sprout Story Slam. The …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: Alzheimers, books, courage, courageous, editing, family life, puzzles, reading, revising, story slams, storytelling, writing, writing process