<![CDATA[Stories by Grant Faulkner on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@grantfaulkner?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*BB2PB-sTWPL9v1vKyQhcMQ.jpeg Stories by Grant Faulkner on Medium https://medium.com/@grantfaulkner?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:22:05 GMT <![CDATA[Plotting without a plot]]>

Part one of a two-part mystery about plot

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Turning discipline into habit and habit into inspiration

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/writing-routine-as-muse-d40442e8c908?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/d40442e8c908 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 17:54:20 GMT 2024-01-07T17:54:20.275Z <![CDATA[The 23 Levels of Belief Necessary to Finish a Novel]]>

I recently heard Jerry Seinfeld on a podcast, and he was asked what it took to make it as a comedian.

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/the-23-levels-of-belief-necessary-to-finish-a-novel-b5bdee25c1ee?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/b5bdee25c1ee Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:27:57 GMT 2023-12-18T00:27:57.531Z <![CDATA[What creative type are you?]]>

Sometimes it’s good to pause from creative work and do a bit of fun introspection. Fun as in a “creative type” test. Essentially a…

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/what-creative-type-are-you-edce8f09ddde?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/edce8f09ddde Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:02:15 GMT 2023-12-11T13:02:15.876Z <![CDATA[Attention as Adventure]]>

One definition of a story: it’s a series of moments of attention.

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/attention-as-adventure-35cfe87f1220?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/35cfe87f1220 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:43:36 GMT 2023-10-15T12:43:36.006Z <![CDATA[A divining rod is just another word for a pen]]>

The art of sensing a story

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/a-divining-rod-is-just-another-word-for-a-pen-383cfb8e5351?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/383cfb8e5351 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:33:03 GMT 2023-10-09T13:33:03.110Z <![CDATA[Love and the art of storytelling (and activism?)]]>

An aesthetic can be born from pain. An aesthetic can be born from beauty.

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/love-and-the-art-of-storytelling-and-activism-d67a16cf9db?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/d67a16cf9db Sun, 04 Jun 2023 13:26:12 GMT 2023-06-04T13:26:12.270Z <![CDATA[The mystery is the clarity]]>

Writing to the questions, not the answers

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Rejecting winning in a world that prizes winning

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]]> https://grantfaulkner.medium.com/to-be-the-fool-in-literature-and-life-e39a16a39934?source=rss-ab4d65669285------2 https://medium.com/p/e39a16a39934 Tue, 09 May 2023 12:24:58 GMT 2023-05-09T12:24:58.503Z <![CDATA[On Illness and Art]]>

A malcontented body can guide one to a contented soul

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