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I Love the Unexpected Gifts of Having a Writing Partner
I knew she would help me become a better writer, but I didn’t foresee the added benefits.
Isn’t it grand sitting alone at your desk writing away happily? I loved it. I tend to be more of a solitary person rather than an extrovert.
Though I love people, I adore my friends and family.
I was delighted writing solo when Meg approached me, suggesting we become writing partners.
Every week for two years, I published a post on my blog Strong55plus.blogspot.com.
Meg was impressed. She felt if I had the perseverance to publish weekly for that long, I might be the one to help her over her writer’s block.
I was astonished. And scared. Meg was a retired creative writing professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Besides my blog and my journal, I had zip experience at writing. What value could I be to her?
Still, she insisted, and off we were to weekly phone critiques.
What I learned
Meg taught me how to use metaphors and similes. That verbs are the workhorses of sentences.
