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No Question

If you are a writer, do not ask a question unless you are curious about the answer.

William KenowerMarch 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Learning, Questions, CuriosityComment

The First Choice

Every tree was once a seed and every story was once an interesting idea.

William KenowerMarch 23, 2022Writing, William Kenower, ChoiceComment

Timing

Something was odd. There was only one other car, which was driving at that moment up the onramp and into the ferry.

William KenowerMarch 21, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Timing, LuckComment

Perfect

Theoretically, there was a correct – a perfect – number of grounds to make the best brew.

William KenowerMarch 16, 2022Writing, Success, William Kenower, PerfectionComment

Just Like Me

This journey has helped me understand other people like nothing else.

William KenowerMarch 14, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Marc Maron, SuccessComment

Going Home

Home is both the destination, the place of rest and resolve, and also the source of all creation.

William KenowerMarch 9, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Music, Music Theory Comment

Your Transparent Self

I enjoy public speaking, but only if I remember that to do so, I must become transparent.

William KenowerMarch 7, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Speaking, FearComment

A Good Expert

The most important things I’ve learned were taught to me from what can only be described as failure.

William KenowerMarch 2, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Expertise, Experienc, FailureComment

Unerring Destination

When I reach the end of a sentence and don’t know what should come next, I must be willing to sit comfortably with the feeling of what should follow without yet knowing what it will be.

William KenowerFebruary 28, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Future, FearComment

Clever Cannibalism

How resourceful the imagination is, and how undaunted by something as trivial as factual truth.

William KenowerFebruary 23, 2022Writing, William Kenower, James Dean, Memory, MemoirComment

The Greatest Tool

All the chords in the world won’t put a song in your heart, and all the nifty writing craft won’t give you a story.

William KenowerFebruary 21, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Music, CraftComment

Good Teachers

If a cat knows anything, it’s how to be relaxed and focus on the present moment, the very place where all writing occurs.

William KenowerFebruary 14, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Greame Simsion, Cory Doctorow, Kittens Comment

Already Free

I cannot put myself in some prison, believing the only way out is through success.

William KenowerFebruary 9, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Freedom, Success Comment

Familiar Poison

Believing someone has more than me is like starving myself so that I will want to eat. I

William KenowerFebruary 7, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Envy, SuccessComment

Available Magic

The men and women who told me stories were no longer the wizards I once perceived them to be.

William KenowerFebruary 2, 2022Writing, William Kenower, The Beatles, Magic, MusicComment

A Generous World

The story was never yours to keep because it was never wholly yours to begin with.

William KenowerJanuary 31, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Publication, SharingComment

Inspiration-in-Waiting

All my knowledge is useless if I believe my efforts will be for naught.

William KenowerJanuary 26, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Marketing, InspiraitonComment

Real Courage

All the praise in the world is not going to heal you, and all the criticism isn’t going to hurt you.

William KenowerJanuary 24, 2022Writing, Criticism, Courage, William kenowerComment

Silence Speaks

Most thinking is useless. It’s circular, repetitive, worrisome, or argumentative.

William KenowerJanuary 19, 2022Writing, William Kenwoer, Silence, Spirituality Comments

Everyone's Right

I simply can’t be wrong when I like something.

William KenowerJanuary 12, 2022William Kenower, Stories, Writing, Taste, Music Comment