Last week I had the chance to participate in two separate discussions about David Shields’ Reality Hunger: a Manifesto, the first with members of the Working from Life: Writing Creative Nonfiction workshop and the second with two members of the Future of Publishing Think Tank (FOPTT). Shields’ book contends that shifts in perception—of self, of [...]
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Posted in Blogger, Books we're reading, creative non fiction, Fiction on October 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Writing Tip by Kelly Hayes-Raitt
Posted in Blogger, creative non fiction, travel writing, writers, Writing process and tips, Writing Tip on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Discover your assets! With no income and possessing only a desire to complete a book about my work with Iraqi refugees, I realized my greatest albatross is really my greatest asset: my house. I decided to take a year and rent out my home while I travel, live elsewhere for free – and write. I [...]
Writing Tip by Catherine Daly
Posted in Blogger, creative non fiction, Poetry, writers, Writing process and tips, Writing Tip on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stress: A Revision Exercise for Prose or Poetry Don’t really SCAN. Mark the stresses in your piece, or, if it is long, start with the first paragraph. You might work through each character’s dialogue separately. Even if this is a poem composed in meter, ignore scansion and merely looking at stresses. Marking stresses may [...]
Writing Tip by Noel Alumit
Posted in Blogger, Fiction, Los Angeles, writers, Writing process and tips, Writing Tip on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s useful to mix up my routine. Don’t always write in the morning, try at night or the afternoon. Don’t always write at your desk, switch to the kitchen table, the bedroom. Even better, try a park. My mind is constantly shifting depending on time and place. Doing this allows me to find [...]
Writing Tip from Kate Gale
Posted in Blogger, librettist, Poetry, Writing process and tips, Writing Tip on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lance Armstrong can cycle so well because he has huge heart. What do you need to write well? Fierceness. A fierce need to get to the page and say something every day. To connect with the keys, the pen, the pencil, the blood, the ink, your need to speak, your voice needs to be heard, [...]
Writing Tip by Cheryl Klein
Posted in Blogger, Los Angeles, writers, Writing process and tips, Writing Tip on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recipe for a Short Story I’ve always found it strange that some writers and writing workshops perceive themselves to be too “advanced” for writing exercises. Specific constraints sharpen your skills and get you out of your comfort zone. If I just sat down with the vague idea that I was going to write a story, the [...]
