Listening — Editor's Blog

Listen To This

Where listening and thinking overlap is in the choice of thoughts we follow.

William KenowerJune 13, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Listening, SurrenderComment

Two Stories

I cannot write two stories at once, any more than I can listen to a friend and make tomorrow’s shopping list.

William KenowerMay 19, 2021Writing, William Kenower, Stories, ListeningComment

Learning to Listen

I had to learn to listen on purpose, regardless of whether I was hearing something at the moment I sat down to write.

William KenowerOctober 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Poetry, Stories, ListeningComment

Learning to Listen

I sometimes feel as if my entire writing life has been one long practice in learning the difference between the one voice and the other.

William KenowerMarch 27, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Doubt, Inspiration, ListeningComment

Just Listen

Most of what I’m doing when I write, is listening. It’s a different kind of listening than conversations and interviews, but it’s listening just the same.

William KenowerFebruary 22, 2019Writing, Listening, William KenowerComment

Learning to Listen

Fear, Listening, WritingBill KenowerMarch 22, 2017Listening, Spirituality, Trust, William Kenower, Worry, WritingComment

Writing is the Opposite of Thinking

Curiosity, Listening, WritingBill KenowerSeptember 2, 2016Intelligence, Listening, Spirituality, William Kenower, WritingComment

Doing Nothing

Craft, Curiosity, Fear, Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerJune 27, 2016Fear, Listening, Spirituality, William Kenower, WritingComment

Music Lessons

Criticism, Listening, WritingBill KenowerDecember 2, 2015Criticism, Listening, William Kenower, WritingComment

My Real Job

Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerSeptember 30, 2015Bill Kenower, Lee Child, Listening, Spirituality, Trust, WritingComment

Doing Nothing

Craft, Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerJune 9, 2015Bill Kenower, Craft, Listening, Spirituality, Trust, WritingComment

By Myself

Choice, Listening, WritingBill KenowerMay 21, 2015Bill Kenower, Listening, Loneliness, Spirituality, WritingComment

Doing Nothing

Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerJune 16, 2014Bill Kenower, Inspiration, Listening, Trust, Write Within Yourself, WritingComment

Two Bills

Imagination, Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerMarch 12, 2014Bill Kenower, Imagination, Inspiration, Listening, Trust, Write Within Yourself, WritingComment

True Endings

Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerDecember 31, 2013Bill Kenower, Inspiration, Listening, Trust, Write Within Yourself, WritingComment

The Terrible Silence

Imagination, Listening, WritingBill KenowerOctober 24, 2013Bill Kenower, Inspiration, Listening, WritingComment

Self-Taught

Listening, Voice, WritingBill KenowerOctober 4, 2013Bill Kenower, Inspiration, Learning, Listening, WritingComment

Joining Life

Listening, WritingBill KenowerMarch 8, 2013Conversation, Listening, WritingComment

Spelling Loneliness

Fear, Listening, WritingBill KenowerDecember 12, 2012Listening, Loneliness, WritingComment

The Terrible Silence

Listening, Trust, WritingBill KenowerOctober 29, 2012Listening, Muse, WritingComment