by Devi S. Laskar | May 31, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
When we speak, just as when we dream, there is an underlying rhythm to our sentences and thoughts. Sometimes it’s in four-four time, sometimes it’s to iambic pentameter, and sometimes it’s to the beat of a distant police siren or the drum roll of a marching band...
by Devi S. Laskar | May 30, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Recently in the Book Writing World, Elizabeth posted 13 items for a writer to remember: Today I want to discuss #7. The stories that save your life. Sometimes, the story that saves you is an actual tale that you tell of harrowing adventure, near death experiences and...
by Elizabeth | May 30, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
In this week’s writing classes we are playing with those moments in a story when something is revealed or withheld. These are two sides of the same coin. In April, I was reading Colum McCann’s story “Transatlantic” in The New Yorker (see links below) and came across a...
by Angie Powers | May 25, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
It’s standard writing wisdom to know to whom you are writing. Knowing your intended audience lets you clarify genre, for example. Knowing your audience helps with voice. Knowing your audience preps you for dealing with those folks who aren’t part of your...
by Devi S. Laskar | May 25, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
There are writers who talk about writing what you know and there are other writers who talk about writing what you don’t know about what you know and there even more writers who talk about survival and forgiveness and revenge and writing about what you know about...
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