Wordsmithing and Perspective
Hearing a single wordsmith perspective again and again ... the person may stop noting the image of a backwoodsman, only see an antisocial vagrant.
Category: Craft
Sub Categories
Choice of form to write
Staying motivated to write
Writing style
Up a Steep Hill
As I rode my bike up the steep hill, I kept focused on the top of the hill
Tennessee Williams Lived Here
The charm of the composing stories in the quiet, away from the hurly-burly of the Old Quarter street the house fronted, appeals even now.
Zen in the Art of Writing
Following Bradbury's advice, I do a thousand words on stories, fleshing them out. Those that retain gusto, I go with and try to improve.
Goodreads and Book Snapshots
Goodreads supported book snapshot reviews better than my site. Now I use Goodreads for my new reading.
Speed of a Novel. Middlemarch
More action with shorter sequels is the rule in commercial fiction these days, but I mustn't forget that the sequels must be full enough to make the skein of actions sensibly linked.
Words and Writing
What else accounts for the difference most of us experience between the vigor of our speech and the difficulty of our writing?
Novel Form
Novels require suspense about the outcome between a determined person and a formidable obstacle. If the story cannot be cast in that shape, then another mode of telling the story is required
Reaction to Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Goldsmith’s novel is a child of the Age of Reason. It’s much too heavily weighed to the intellect. It devolved into talking…
Math And Science Affect How I Think and Write
The facts, theories, and principles we use in one area of our life may become the organizing agents for our entire worldview.