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Robert Inchausti "Grandstanding" a book about morality and discourse and books by Robert Boyers on contemporary ideas.
Robert Inchausti Actually the publisher asked me to write it, and I saw this as an opportunity to say something new about someone I greatly admire.
Robert Inchausti I read one of the writers that inspire me--many of them are listed under "influences."
Robert Inchausti A monograph on Thomas Merton for a U.K. publisher.
Robert Inchausti Find a writer you love and read all their books. Don't writer for yourself or for fame or even for other people. Write to find out something important to you, to get the words right about important matters, or hold an image forever.
Robert Inchausti You have an excuse to read a lot! You can always express yourself. And only those who care about the same kinds of things you care about bother to read your work.
Robert Inchausti I use the the Proprioceptive Method described in detail in "Writing the Mind Alive" by Linda Trichter Metcalf and Tobin Simon. It's a disciplined twenty minute free writing exercise that works for me.

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