Imelda Maguire

Published in The Startup

·Oct 28, 2021

I Write, Not in Search of an Audience, but in Search of My Reader

How words can make a difference, even in the smallest of ways — Yes, I write in search of my reader, not seeking to build an audience. Truth be told, that’s not even really why I write. I write because I want to see where the pen will go today, what kind of trip it will take me on. Sometimes, the view becomes…

Writing

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I Write, Not in Search of an Audience, but in Search of My Reader

Writing

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Jul 19, 2021

When someone reads aloud

Being the witness to fresh, raw writing is a privilege I cherish When I’m hearing someone read aloud — these days, reading something they’ve just written, never looked back over, sometimes it strikes me, not even in words, but as a sense of what an intimate sharing that is: —…

Writing Practice

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Writing Practice

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Imelda Maguire

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Poet, practitioner of Writing Practice as taught by Natalie Goldberg. Baha’i, SoulCollage(r) facilitator, retired counsellor.

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