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Writing about my MFA program, through the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts in conjunction with the Whidbey Writers’ Workshop

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Thesis Stare

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on September 9, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

I’m in the middle of a deep revision of my thesis novel right now.  I’m going scene by scene through the whole manuscript, checking voice, point of view, metaphor choices, et cetera.  I’m also allowing myself room to add detail … Continue reading →

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Writing by Feel

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on August 26, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

News Flash: The Prose-Poem Project has accepted my piece, “Trouble Sleeping the Night Before a Big Test.” We now return you to your regularly scheduled post. *** I’m back from residency, and when I’ve had a chance to catch up … Continue reading →

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Residency Fever

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on August 11, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

News Flash: My prose poem “Phillips Head” has been accepted by “Third Wednesday”. Now back to our regularly scheduled post. —– In three days I begin my fourth residency at Whidbey.  Technically I might qualify as an old hand at … Continue reading →

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And . . . Scene!

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on August 1, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

At the August 2010 NILA residency, Mary Guterson spoke about her own path to professional novel-writing, and about her process as an author.  I have a vivid image from her talk of her in a motel room (not like that!) … Continue reading →

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Maybe I Should Grab Some Scrabble Tiles and a Top Hat. . .

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on July 15, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

I’ve gotten tired of referring to my thesis as “my thesis.”  A thesis is something that, once it’s finished, gets filed away in the school library and looked at only by other graduate students who are trying to find something … Continue reading →

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Eye-Opening

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on June 9, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

For the first revision of my thesis, I am trying something my thesis advisor recommended: retyping it.  So, after taking a red ink pen to one hundred seventy five pages of text, I committed myself to retyping every word, reviewing … Continue reading →

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End One Semester and Plan for Another

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on May 20, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

This semester doesn’t really end for me.  Well, it does in the sense that I have reached the last day of school and two of my classes will shortly fall by the wayside.  My other class, though, is thesis, and … Continue reading →

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Side Projects

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on May 11, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

About letting small stories slip out while the big stories aren’t watching.

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“Eugene’s Trick Bag”

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on April 30, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

Considering the writer’s trick bag.

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Story Flow Editing

Stefon Mears — Official Website Posted on April 19, 2011 by StefonJuly 24, 2013

It’s a first stage of editing for a manuscript.

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