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"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany
Writing yourself into existence, how writing is like music, whether men can say “sex”, writing memoir as a man, what we're afraid to write about…
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Bowen Dwelle
 and 
Lyle McKeany
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Six Men Writing about Fatherhood
A group exploration of a topic core to every man's experience, whether or not they have children of their own.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Lyle McKeany
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Sincere American Writing
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Latham Turner
, 
Dee Rambeau
, and 
Joshua Doležal
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A rundown on my writing tools
Scrivener, Zotero, Substack, Zencastr, Descript, Day One, Overcast, Listen Notes, Temi, Goodreads, Open Library, the OED, Quote…
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Bowen Dwelle
The creative act is a form of dreaming
An interview with Bowen Dwelle about the writing of his memoir: An Ordinary Disaster
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Michael Lipson
 and 
Bowen Dwelle
Highlights from two dozen Brothers and Teachers
Twenty-four good people on truth, creativity, identity, writing, performing, meditation, addiction, abstinence, transcendental moments, the infinite…
I never thought I'd be writing the words: "My Morning Routine" — and, Everything Cookies
'coffee', read, exercise, meditate, work → breakfast, ~coffee... everything cookies
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Bowen Dwelle
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Chapter 12 — Early days in the advertising-industrial complex, why nobody wants to pay for writing online, and why most conferences are so…
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 12 — Wired, Tired, Fired
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Bowen Dwelle
2
Fifty definitive memoirs
Nothing inspires more than the truth of another person's experience, transmitted directly.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Salvational or "a series of compulsions"?
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Sam Kahn of Castalia
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Bowen Dwelle
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We'd all do well to "grow a spiritual pair"
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Michael Mohr
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Sincere American Writing
 and 
Bowen Dwelle
16
Staying sane with research notes, citations, end notes, and a real bibliography
Using Scrivener, a good pencil, Zotero, and Obsidian together as a system
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Bowen Dwelle
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Let’s kill 'content,' and reclaim "growth", OK?
And, this is the house where they're giving out full MFA's
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Bowen Dwelle
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