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Touchpoints: A Writer's Truth

Beth Kaplan

A writer in mid-career — what's working, what's not, craft, process, success and defeat, what she’s trying to accomplish, and what she has given up on.

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Bringing loved ones to life:

Recently I held my annual July Write in the Garden workshop; twelve writers spent the day in my garden writing with prompts — writing on the spot, without mulling, just seeing what emerges instantly when memory and thought are triggered by...

16 days ago
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RESEARCHING AND CONFRONTING THE PAST:

As I wrote in my last Substack essay, after my mother died, I inherited a big red plastic bag filled with letters. Mum was a packrat who kept everything, which was an exhausting pain when clearing out her cluttered apartment, but a joy when...

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SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF THE PAST:

My parents were spectacularly vibrant and attractive and flawed people, as everyone who met them would attest. My father Gordin died young, only 65 in 1988, and Sylvia, my mother, at age 89, in 2012.

When Mum died, I inherited a big red ba...

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Make yourself heard

I recently came back from a wonderful two weeks, visiting friends in Paris, Malaga, and Madrid. Nothing went wrong! I did not leave my handbag on a train — although the one train ride I’d booked was cancelled and no one informed me. But luc...

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The power of prompts:

Sometimes, it’s surprising to note, the best writing can happen quickly and spontaneously, without much thought or revision. How? With on-the-spot writing from a prompt. No time for mulling. One two three write.

In the writing workshop I r...

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  • Beth Kaplan

    Beth Kaplan is the author of five books: a biography, two memoirs, and a guide to creative writing that's the textbook for the nonfiction writing courses she teaches at U of T. Her latest book is Midlife Solo, a memoir-in-essays. www.bethkaplan.ca.

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