Marc Nieson, “Making Words Count”

Marc Nieson proposes the free-writing exercise as a disciplined process of seizing inspiration and later tackling revision. Nieson talks about how to reconcile the writer's often opposing mindsets of creator and editor, the journey of refining the "poetic impulse" in order to "make each word weight-bearing." Nieson also discusses the International Writing Program's literary journal, 100 Words.

Listen: Marc Nielson presents "Making Words Count," at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, 6/25/07

Marc Nieson (M.F.A., The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop) has lived in New York City, Italy, Iowa and Minnesota. His background includes filmmaking, children's theatre, building construction, and a season with a one-ring circus. Currently he's on the faculty of Chatham College and The Loft. An excerpt from Schoolhouse: A Memoir from the Heartland appeared in the Literary Review and short fiction in Great River Review and American Way. His filmscripts include Bottomland, The Dream Catcher, and Superheroes. Currently, he's living in Pittsburgh and finishing work on a novel, The Myth of Return.

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June 28, 2007
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