Jesse Koepke

In Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott writes, “… what it means for us, for writers, is that we need to align ourselves with the river of the story, the river of the unconscious, of memory and sensibility, of our characters’ lives, which can then pour through us, the straw” (121).…

Wow, two days in a row. What’s happening to me?! I finished a chapter in Bird by Bird today called “A Moral Point of View”. Anne Lamott talks about the importance of having a moral center that you care about in your writing. “The core, ethical concepts in which you…

I figured out a melody on the piano earlier tonight, and then jotted down a few lyrics. I tried so hard / to find you in the storm / to hear your voice / in the heat of the flame. I searched and I searched / spinning endlessly in the…

I’m currently reading a book given to me by a friend called Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott. It’s about writing, and mostly about persistence and diligence. The process of writing a story, from short to novel, is arduous (oh yeah, big word), and it’s easy to be enthusiastic about…

Hey, been a while. Sorry about that. I’ve been doing a little bit of writing, but been focusing on other stuff for a while. Oh, I know what it was: I went to Montana the last week/first week of February/March, and I haven’t written on here since then. That’s what…