Editor's Blog — Author

Natural Connections

If you have ever published anything anywhere there is a good chance your work has influenced someone in some way.

William KenowerAugust 28, 2023Comment

News of the World

The more unwanted the event, the more necessary is my artistic attention to it.

William KenowerAugust 23, 2023Comment

Discovering Yourself

You may have to get to the end to discover what a story’s actually about, but the finishing isn’t the point.

William KenowerAugust 21, 2023Comment

Good News

Something outside of my control would determine how I would feel, the same as the weather determines if I should wear a coat.

William KenowerAugust 16, 2023 Comments

Everyone's Story

All stories are about the exact same thing: someone wants something and they can’t have it.

William KenowerAugust 14, 2023Comment

A Performer's Confusion

It’s one thing to tell an inspiring story to four or no people, and another thing altogether to tell that same story to 400.

William KenowerAugust 9, 2023WRiting Comment

Valuable Work

I don’t like problems, except when I’m willingly giving them my full attention. Then they become something else.

William KenowerAugust 7, 2023Comment

Doing Nothing Wears Me Out

All this resting when I wasn’t tired, sitting when I’d just as soon walk, and consuming but never creating was depleting.

William KenowerAugust 2, 2023Comment

A Dreamer's Ambition

I love ambition. It’s our attempt to see beyond what’s right in front of us, to imagine something beyond what we have and what we’ve known.

William KenowerJuly 31, 2023Comment

A Flawed Premise

Why put something in your story that doesn’t belong, that takes it in the wrong direction?

William KenowerJuly 26, 2023Comment

We Don’t Actually Care About the Future

My ambition is aimed forward, toward creating what will one day exist in the future.

William KenowerJuly 24, 2023Comment

Unreal Enemies

I could be standing peacefully beside someone who is, in their own way, in the middle of a war.

William KenowerJuly 19, 2023Comment

Come Back

Nothing is actually created when my attention leaves the present.

William KenowerJuly 17, 2023Comment

The Real and the Imagined

The more I write, the more I have come to the conclusion that the only thing real in my life is that flow I find when I’ve dropped all resistance and let the story come.

William KenowerJuly 12, 2023Comment

How To End a Nightmare

But he knew the truth. He knew that once, when he was younger, he didn’t know what the future held for him.

William KenowerJuly 10, 2023 Comments

Appreciation

If I pay attention, I’m aware that I’m applauding as much for myself as the artist.

William KenowerJuly 5, 2023Writing, William KenowerComment

Trial and Error

I must sit with a blinking cursor, feeling the desire for the next sentence, knowing I want it, but not knowing what it is.

William KenowerJuly 3, 2023Comment

Begin

Watch the stars that guide you, and don’t worry if no one else can see them.

William KenowerJune 28, 2023Comment

Generous Acceptance

By accepting what I was giving, she was acknowledging its value. In that moment, she reminded me that we were equals.

William KenowerJune 26, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Alice Hoffman, Priase, CriticismComment

The Formula

It’s a kind of deliberate daydreaming, the true portal to every writer’s genius.

William KenowerJune 21, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Comedy, Fomulas, CreativiityComment