Category: Craft
Sub Categories
Choice of form to write
Staying motivated to write
Writing style
Essay or Story
As a person interested in issues, sometimes I get a passion for a developing idea yet am unsure whether to express it as an essay or a story. Sometimes I write a critical essay, other…
Thomas Wolfe’s House
After Biltmore on Saturday, Kris and I walked in downtown Asheville Sunday morning and early afternoon. Great restaurants, street vendors, and specialty stores. Thomas Wolfe’s childhood house was in easy walking distance. He populated Look…
People Like Stories
What drives people to read stories? Readers want to escape or they want to learn.
Dialog in Fiction
Dialog in Fiction I stumbled across a lode for creating realistic dialog in a surprising book. Before I get to that, let me just highlight some key elements that dialog in fiction must perform. Convey…
Louisa May Alcott
Reading has always brought me pleasure, but I came to enjoy writing only after many years. It fascinates me how writers came to their calling. On Amazon Prime the other night, I watched the American…
Posting Approach
Posting about politics, religion, economics or lifestyle using a more rounded posting approach can make the difference to your assertion's reception.
Technical Writing Course
"Letting Your Subconscious Work for You" instructions to read before the semester began.
Different Ways of Weighing the Same Short Story
What counts more to you - style or substance? Can a woman write a male lead as credibly as she writes a female lead? Can a man - vice versa?