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Lessons From A Fierce Competitor

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · 10d

If you are not a competitor in this world, you should learn to be.

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · 10d

Turns my stomach

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · 16d

I wasn’t built for competition. My cousin Nevyblue was. Human Parts published my essay on competitiveness and what the difference taught me. 👉 medium.com/human-parts/...

#competitive #competition #personalgrowth

How one life shaped my own small victories

Become the Bossman of Your Grief

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · 26d

Thrilled—my first piece just got published in Human Parts on Medium! It’s about grief, truth, and learning to be an “apprentice mourner.”

Become the Bossman of your Grief

Confessions of an Apprentice Mourner

Feeling grateful and a little stunned. 💙

medium.com/human-parts/...

Confessions of an Apprentice Mourner

Unleash Power Words in Your Writing

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Sep 11

Tipsy, rotten, or three sheets to the wind — English is filthy rich in words. Are you using them to full effect? My latest essay uncovers some lost words that make writing vivid and powerful.

bit.ly/4pouqMo

#words #writing #language

Bringing life to tired prose through power words and hidden treasures

How I Came To Spy My Dragonfly

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Sep 11

Exactly, what about those thousand of slaughtered people because of the insanity with guns, guns, guns.

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Sep 2

How I Came To Spy My Dragonfly

Looking for hope in difficult times

Deep water can be sublime. But if you’re in deep water, how do you drag yourself to a surface you can’t even see? My essay about deep water just posted.
#lifelessons #grief #hope

bit.ly/4m6VnkY

Looking for hope in difficult times

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 25

We cannot let him!

A Writer, A Storyteller, A Wager

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 21

Much better!

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 19

So a writer and a storyteller walk into a bar…where does their wager end? Find out in my latest Medium post. #storytelling #writing #funread

bit.ly/3JDYTW6

A fun exercise in show don’t tell

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 10

I agree, more important than ever. Find myself taking examples from these books on how to cope with difficult situations.

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Aug 2

Nothing will surprise me- it does however disgust me.

My AI and I Feel Bad About Our Democracy

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Just me, and me as my chatbot, and the slow collapse of democracy.
Take a look at my Medium post.

My AI and I Feel Bad About Our Democracy

bit.ly/4mbnUGs
#writinglife #Mediumwriters #Humor

A parody skit featuring one AI with grandiose aspirations and one writer with no caffeine — both voiced by the author.

My AI and I Feel Bad About Our Democracy

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 22

BREAKING: AI refuses to help writer fix democracy.

Suggests haiku instead.

This is not the future we ordered.

“My AI and I Feel Bad About Our Democracy”

bit.ly/4mbnUGs
#BREAKING #satire #humor #chatbotlife

A parody skit featuring one AI with grandiose aspirations and one writer with no caffeine — both voiced by the author.

Things Here in Texas are Not Okay

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Ms Comey yr contribution will always have value. Theirs is worthless and they will own their own disgrace

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you for this astonishing history. It emphasizes how important it is to vote in people with guts enough to change things.

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Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jul 15

🌧 New post on Medium: “Things Here in Texas Are Not Okay.”

This flood wasn’t just a tragedy. It was predicted. It was preventable.

We need to stop pretending no one saw it coming.

Please read, share, challenge the silence.
👉

medium.com/@afs_47064/0...

Why the Texas flood isn’t just a tragedy

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 23

Pity we can’t get his big ugly bill trashed and get him to make believe it passed like his make believe ceasefire

Skeletal Prose or Pythons in Aisle 9

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Some people write bare-bones. Some like to enchant. I just try not to trip over the python in aisle 9. New post up now.
#writing #storytelling #medium

medium.com/@afs_47064/w...

Writer or Storyteller

Love Letter to Paris in a Hurry

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 3

We need to remember and hold this pathetic administration accountable! Take names because a whole lot of people are involved in doing these cruel things.

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Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · Jun 1

Please more… dear sir.

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · May 30

I just posted on Medium, Love Letter To Paris. A few tips for an unforgettable first visit to the City Of Light. For anyone who’s ever rushed through something too special to be tasted only once #Paris #TravelWriting #MediumWriters #WalkingCities: medium.com/@afs_47064/l...

Falling in love with Paris despite time constraints.

Due Process: There Be Dragons

Adrienne | writing words, stirring stories @adrienneschwartz.bsky.social · May 7

Just published: Due Process: There Be Dragons — a reflection on due process and moral responsibility in dangerous times. As Tolkien, that famed dragon whisperer, warned us: dragons speak out both sides of their mouths.
medium.com/@afs_47064/d...
#writing #storytelling

Evil Doesn’t Vanish When We Refuse to See It