Category Archives: WRITING

WRITING: The Lady in My Mind

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Susan

She’s rumbled with her grocery cart through the furrows of my mind, her fingers touching each plump pomegranate in its leathery redness, her tongue tasting the tart burst of each ruby kernal nestled tightly within.  She sighs, moves a few … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Elements

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Susan

In the past week alone we’ve seen how the structure and narrative of life gives story.  The elements are there:  drama, conflict, character, plot, exposition, arc, resolution.  Even the analysis and critique by the media as well as individuals having … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: 2007 Tunxis Writers Festival

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Susan

This year’s speakers included quite a number of interesting and diverse writers, along with a lot of poets and music and food. A good presentation by Abby Denson and Tim Fish on cartooning and the graphic novel.  otto has reincarnated … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: The Blame Game

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Susan

When is it going to dawn on us that, even as they tear apart Cho Seung-Hui’s computer to find which games he played, what websites he visited, in other words, who they can point to for the answers to why … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Character

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Susan

First of all, my heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims so senselessly slaughtered at Virginia Tech.  I find it strange to sort out the reactions.  The grief I understand.  The only other character that may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Material

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Susan

I know a man who writes wonderfully warm stories about characters and places and events that are based on some small memory that has itched in his mind for a long time. Some of us just start typing.  In the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Versus Talking

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Susan

Just got home from a job interview and analyzing the scenario.  Despite my love of jeans and flannel shirts, I dressed in black slacks, cream jersey, 100% Scottish wool herringbone jacket, brandy-new shoes, and had colored my hair to blend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: At Swim-Two-Birds -Voices

Posted on April 11, 2007 by susan

Getting back on track here with the literary life; spring birdsong and sunny evenings albeit cold can overcome the deepest down of soul. Voice is a bit of a question; voices often come from characters themselves if that is their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Looking Inside The Author

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Susan

Maybe because I’ve been doing some heavy duty framing.  Because that means I’m working with my hands and that gives me time to think. Looking at the author and trying to get him out of the story.  Help from a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: Huh?

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Susan

Boy, it was only four o’clock in the morning and already a couple of things got me going.  This one’s about the term "literary fiction" and its various misconceptions.  I’ve posted here before about this subject, as have more intellectual … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: Direction

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Susan

Sort of light on the posting here today but that’s because I’m busy sulking. On the lit front, I’m trying to pick out something to read even while I’m continuing O’Brien (now that I’ve finished Barthes’ Pleasure of the Text, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Groups

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Susan

Just as I was beginning to miss the writers group, I realized why I pulled out:  a note from a member who put me on a mailing list for donations to a favorite charity.  No "hey, you been writing at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Perception

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Susan

Nothing’s black or white, cast in stone; everything has as many meanings as there are readers and viewers.  This I believe more firmly with each day of my life. You all may have seen this ad on TV for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Story

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Susan

What is more dramatic, more vital and more relative to story than the ongoing process of life and death? The other day I watched a turkey vulture in our backyard dine on squirrel. Life is continuous, one generation, one species … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Reading Like a Writer – Telling can be okay

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Susan

I’m not sure what kind of reviews this book got, but for me, Francine Prose has some damn good ideas. In explicating a passage from Alice Munro’s Dulse, she notes that Munro’s clean and simple style still allows for movement … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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