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A Different Drummer: And the story continues

January 14, 2018 by Steve Gibbs Leave a Comment

I’d like to continue writing about creative writing. The sheer notion of it is like sitting in a room walled in mirrors with a lightbulb swinging on a cord. Everywhere you look, there you are, while there you be. People ask me, “Steve, how is it that you knock out column a week for over […]

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A Different Drummer: One-paragraph story starters

January 7, 2018 by Steve Gibbs Leave a Comment

I feel like writing about creative writing. Ironically, perhaps, I’ve seldom written to this topic. I didn’t teach creative writing either in 30 years at the high school, at least not directly. I taught journalism and literature. Objectivity was the creative mainstay. I’ve shared a few fictional stories here over the years, usually around the […]

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