Writing
« Previous EntriesAn Anti-Grammarian
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Right off I am going to let you know if you love grammar you are going to hate me. I am a anti-grammarian.
After 10 years of facilitating a writing program I’ve come to develop a deep dislike for grammar. I want to love grammar and what it can do to enhance writing. I want to [...]
Writing, imperfect…
Sunday, August 30th, 2009What does a tweetup have to do with writing?
Nothing and everything. Writers need inspiration. Maybe you are a writer gifted with an extraordinary imagination and can fill pages with the harvest of it. There are others, like me, that need to step out into the world for some stimulation. You know that adage, “all work [...]
Resources
Thursday, April 16th, 2009My guest Karen Kelly show shared some resources for our listeners on Tuesday’s radio show..
THINKING LIKE YOUR EDITOR: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published
by Susan Rabiner
Amazon link: Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction–and Get It Published
HOW TO GET HAPPILY PUBLISHED by Judith Appelbaum
Amazon link: How to Get [...]
Wild Angels Brave the Cold- Wings Don’t Freeze
Saturday, February 7th, 2009The fifth class met on another bitterly cold evening. Our numbers were slim but we still managed to write, using the proprioceptive method, work-shopped our homework and managed not to have time for our in class assignment.
How does that happen? Reading and reviewing our work takes time. We had poetry that was involved and needed [...]
Making Your Writing Time Sacred
Friday, January 16th, 2009In our writing class we have been discussing how to make time for our writing. I’m guilty of putting my writing on the back burner and making time for idleness, TV, twittering, anything but my writing.
I know many people who have changed their lives to become writers and do anything but write.
What can you [...]
Writing Chameleon- tip #2 Don’t take it personally
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Writing Chameleon- tip #2 Don’t take it personally
When writing for a publication remember you are writing for them not yourself. You are being hired for your talent, style and your ability to be a chameleon. It is a skill to craft an article that meets the needs of a publication.
Even with the best writing the [...]
Write today
Sunday, October 26th, 2008I am off for a full day. I wanted to get a quick post in. Take the time to write today. Even if it is just five minutes or 50 words. Do what you can. Write in your journal. Write your book. Write a friend.
Try writing in different formats; in crayon, with your fingers, typing, [...]
Business…
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Here is my new column at Self Healing Expressions.
Write A Way: Journey to Creativity
“If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by persons who move their lips when they’re reading to themselves.” ~ Don Marquis
The Business of Writing
By Sandra Lee Schubert
What would you like to happen with [...]
Where have I been?
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Wow, I can’t believe it has been a month since my last post. Where have I been? Well, writing. Two columns, an article for Beliefnet.com, one short story in progress. Also doing some blog posts for another site…
In the meantime, I have taken a publishing workshop. I am learning about Squidoo pages, sales and landing [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Writing in a Form
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Try writing in a form. In poetry, play with an acrostic or a more complicated form such as Terza Rima.
Two excellent resources are: The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco and The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger (Editor), et al. Even if you don’t write [...]