Editor's Blog — Author

Everyday Meaning

If you know nothing else, it’s that you wouldn’t want to live if there were no pleasure to be found tomorrow.

William KenowerMay 8, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Meaning, PleasureComment

A Good Enough Reason

I’m a lover of craft myself, but all the mastery I’ve acquired is useless to me if I don’t actually write.

William KenowerMay 3, 2023Writing, Willia Kenower, Confidence, CraftComment

The Practice

In my experience, however, keeping my attention where it belongs is a lifelong practice.

William KenowerMay 1, 2023William Kenower, Writing, John Mulaney, Comedy, Addiction, PraiseComment

Expectations

It’s tricky when artists change things without consulting us.

William KenowerApril 26, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Expectations, T. S. EliotComment

A Kind Rejection

It’s been my experience that with just a few exceptions, everyone always agrees with me.

William KenowerApril 24, 2023Writing, Rejection, Acceptance, PublicaitonComment

The Order of Creation

I can control how I focus, and that’s all I need.

William KenowerApril 19, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Creativity, FocusComment

Lost and Found

When you forget you’re exploring, you feel lost.

William KenowerApril 17, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Ideas, Acceptance, RejecitonComment

The First Rejection

To learn that to get what you want, you must to accept what you have.

William KenowerApril 12, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Jealousy, Acceptance, RejectionComment

Getting Published, or How to Remember What You Already Have

I can’t create what I don’t have; I can only grow more of what I do have.

William KenowerApril 10, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Publishing Comment

Different and Equal

The point of all stories is how we are the same. That’s where we meet.

William KenowerApril 5, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, EqualityComment

The Stranger

And so I fight, a pugilist alone in the ring but still swinging.

William KenowerApril 3, 2023Writing, Doubt, William Kenower, Thoughts, FearComment

Detached Reality

I love language, but a river exists whether we have a word for it or not.

William KenowerMarch 29, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Detachment, FeelingComment

Pay Attention

When you write, you’re growing a garden you love within yourself.

William KenowerMarch 27, 2023Writing, William Kenower, AttentionComment

Visible

I felt as if I was peering through a one-way glass at another world, the one everyone shared.

William KenowerMarch 22, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, TelevisionComment

The Two Voices

Criticism and shame have no place in the Inner Artist’s work.

William KenowerMarch 20, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Criticism, RewritingComment

Focus

My focus must stay on my inner light of curiosity and not drift into notions of getting something right.

William KenowerMarch 15, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Focus, FearComment

No Offense

All the battles I’ve fought with others have been a consequence of misunderstanding.

William KenowerMarch 13, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Argument, Offense, StoriesComment

School For Life

All that stands between the artist and their inherent desire to write that story is resistance.

William KenowerMarch 8, 2023Writing, William Kenower, School, ResistanceComment

No Mistakes

I often feared the ugliness of my mistakes.

William KenowerMarch 6, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Poetry, Perfection, MistakesComment

Love Story

The storyteller must look past what is, training their storytelling eye on what will be.

William KenowerMarch 1, 2023Writing, Stories, William Kenower, LoveComment