Category Archives: WRITING

It looks now like it won’t be until Monday that my mood shall swing back to cheery and perky–the me you all are more used to, no? Where would a creative writer be without moods and passion, without the stolen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just as it may be the first piercing chirps in the morning of an ebbing winter, or the car radio playing, “I’ve got a brand new pair of rollerskates, you’ve got a brand new key…” that brings back the afterglow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I Need Not Have You Here NOTE: Forgot I had Talespinning to drop these thoughts into, so I’ve moved this piece there along with a couple others. Continue reading →

Yes, we are an odd lot, aren’t we? So much inside, so many millions of words cauldroned in the brain and bubbling with a violence that fights the restricting lid of the fingers clamped to the keyboard. How much shall … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, we got through our first meeting of the Narratives Writers’ Group last night, and it went quite well. (Thank you, Loretta, for your advice on the rather insane entry below!) It’s difficult to get a group of people together, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have been thinking about the process of writing as it concerns the wording chosen by the writer. This little question was thrown out at me recently by one who loves to toss out thought-provoking under ten-word, two-sentence questions that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rewriting is an odd exercise indeed. Reading your own work critically, analyzing it with an eye towards clarity, function, flow, story arc, imagery, etc. You’ll read a sentence and eventually it comes to you naturally–a better way of saying it. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rewriting teaches you so much in the process. Imagery of poetry + factual accounting of journalism = narrative. Continue reading →

Wow, I’ve been up for several hours and can’t find anything worth telling you about, whether it be narrative of little adventures or some gradual unfolding of the deeper meanings of life according to me, or some worthwhile tidbit of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

…and in a much more eloquent or raw or thought-provoking or entertaining manner. It’s annoying that the same story must be told over and over and over again. Are there truly only thirty-seven plots to life? Even with inventions and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

At Everyday Matters, do read this insightful and logical entry entitled, “My Name is Mud” that speaks of the difference between the finishing touches and finishing off as in kaput! a work of art, a work of language, an idea. … Continue reading → Continue reading →