{"id":2688,"date":"2015-02-09T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2015-02-07T13:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T20:46:54","slug":"failure-is-necessary-to-find-wondrous-and-magical-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/failure-is-necessary-to-find-wondrous-and-magical-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure is necessary to find &#8220;wondrous and magical moments&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A rough draft is inherently an experiment, or, rather, a series of experiments. each novel, each piece of writing, is a new thing with different possibilities that demand to be explored. Many of these experiments will fail, but failure is necessary to find those wondrous and magical moments of success.&#8221; \u2014 &#8220;More Ideas Faster, Writing With Abandon&#8221; by <a title=\"Grant Faulkner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grantfaulkner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Faulkner<\/a>, Jan\/Feb 215 Poets &amp; Writers magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grant-Faulkner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2689 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grant-Faulkner.png\" alt=\"Grant Faulkner\" width=\"159\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>Grant Faulkner is: Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month, co-founder of 100 Word Story, writer, tap dancer, alchemist, contortionist, numbskull, preacher. Click <a title=\"Grant Faulkner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grantfaulkner.com\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read more about Grant Faulkner.<\/p>\n<p>Note from Marlene: Click <a title=\"Writing Prompts\" href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?cat=4\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for ideas of what to write about. Choose a writing prompt, set your timer for 12-15 minutes and Just Write!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A rough draft is inherently an experiment, or, rather, a series of experiments. each novel, each piece of writing, is a new thing with different possibilities that demand to be explored. 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