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Stolen Moments

Sebastian Matthews

A weekly newsletter on creativity, the arts, the creative process, personal narrative, and the art of living written by writer and writing coach Sebastian Matthews.

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The Writing Coach’s 7 Questions

After a year of working for UNC-Asheville as a guest lecturer, I am back working as a writing coach. If you’re tring your hand at a personal narrative, or thinking of starting one, or know someone who is, take a look at the below set of que...

11 days ago
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Meetings with Remarkable Men

I knew as soon as I saw it on my boss’ desk that the invitation was really for me. The luncheon was to be held that very day—in fact, in exactly two hours. I looked over at Ben, who was sitting in his chair with a pile of promos overflowing...

17 days ago
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Last Outtakes from Cut for the Dog

(Still from A Night at the Opera, Marx Brothers. Discussed in Cut for the Dog.)

One of the hardest parts of a book’s last “kill your darlings” revision is the necessary cutting of strong, vital pieces for the good of the whole. Here are th...

23 days ago
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“Once I loved a man who was a lot like the desert, and before that I loved the desert.” So begins the chapter “Two Arrowheads” in Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost. “It wasn’t the part...

25 days ago
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Outtakes from Date Night at the Hungry Tummy

[Ed: You can find the complete story, serialized in four parts, in the Stolen Moments archive.]

After a few nights in the downtown lockup, Curtis was sent to the Egeler Facility, a medium-security prison an hour bus ride north and west of...

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    Writer and writing coach living in Asheville, NC. I lead personal narrative workshops. Latest: The Patient Body (Red Hen Press). Http://sebastianmatthews.com

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