Category Archives: WRITING

Close your eyes, put on a sweater and socks, and still you’d know it is autumn by its sound of crispy leaves blowing by. This confirms a recent experiment at our writers meeting where visuals of Facade and Half Life … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I can’t say whether I shall ever write another word of story, planned-out fiction be it short form, novel, or new media format.  Maybe I have ignored the furnace for too long and the bed of coals has cooled to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One thing I am learning from Gabriel Garcia Marquez is concentration on action by character, rather than through dialogue or narrator insight.  Though Marquez may fool me, his technique is simple and straightforward.  The "because he wanted" or "she felt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

At last night’s writers meeting we workshopped an excellent personal essay and the point was brought up about fiction versus creative non-fiction being the same–or different.  The thought was that the only difference is in the lie versus the determination … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In reading novels lately, I’ve certainly come to see the need for an importance of drama.  Even when built and sustained by mini-eruptions of conflict, there must be an underlying grunt or moan that explodes into climax, and it must … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pressure building, friends pushing, emotion happening, bubbling, hissing, valve about to blow a flow of lava words that threaten buildings from their foundations and locked doors spring open, glass explodes from window pains, crying from the fire. Continue reading →

Little by little the urges stroke my mind with whispers of "write it, write it down just as it feels."  But these are foreign and familiar, avoided for a purpose, though not of self-protection but of a need for purity … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The scales of justice hang in a balance, and the burden of proof becomes too heavy to bear with the tears of a family and tears in the pouch that’s held them together before as it’s filled with good times … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A river takes a certain bend, yet unwavering in its purpose, its need to reach the sea.  It carries the silt of sin and indiscretion with a force unmatched, undaunted by time and wind, though petals ride its surface and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So simple: Make your character likeable, with flaws that can be forgiven.  Someone to whom all can relate.  Sympathetic. The reality is different.  To one I am angel, defender and savior.  The other, I am evil destroyer of dreams.  This … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Using Plot in this case as in planning, considering a story’s narrative structure and its timeline, its arc and its measure of conflicts and resolutions all the way up to the big bang. One thing that sticks in my head … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Another viewpoint on weblog publishing and the possibility of intent towards traditional publishing format from Dan Green at The Reading Experience, in his post "Ephemeral". What guides the writer to turn to weblogging, and does it matter what stage that … Continue reading → Continue reading →