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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Letting Go
You know the feeling: After struggling with a problem for a while, you simply take your mind off it and move on to something else — and suddenly, just the right idea or phrase pops into your head seemingly out … Continue reading
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Tagged creativw blocks, Lolita, Maxwell Maltz, subconscious and writing, Vladimir Nabokov
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Character Studies
Just recently, a friend of mine was decribing her reaction to Freedom, the new Jonathan Franzen novel. While she thought the writing was impressive, she just didn’t find the characters likeable, so she felt disappointed and lukewarm about the book. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Freedom, Jonathan Franzen
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Restless Stories
“A well-crafted story does not want to rest; it wants desperately to keep moving.” Richard Walter Inertia, simply described, is the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest. While this works in physics, it’s deadly in storytelling. … Continue reading
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Tagged forward motion in writing, Richard Walter, Screenwriting
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Cross Writing
“Here’s a rare thing, a painter who can write.” Sinclair Lewis While watching a PBS American Masters special on Thomas Hart Benton, a populist American artist who’s been both praised and panned, a brief comment about his autobiography, An Artist … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Tan, Stephen King, Thomas Hart Benton, Winston Churchill
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Untold Tales
Isn’t it wonderful how a book can give you a glimpse into another life and open it up for you like a door? Reading a review of two new works about 19th century Native American tribal leaders, Crazy Horse and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Crazy Horse, Hole in the Day, Sojourner Truth
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Cinderella Story
I love unlikely success stories about writers, don’t you? They offer such hope! They underscore just how unpredictable and mysterious the writing life can be. So often writers seem to be bewitched, bothered, and bewildered when it comes to getting … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Almost Maine, John Cariani, Shakespeare
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Hungry Eyes
Looking around me as I write this, I am surrounded by books. In my small office, there are three bookcases crammed with them and there are more sitting in stacks. Growing up, it was the same: we were surrounded by … Continue reading
Montaigne Moonlights
“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.” Michel de Montaigne A 16th century winegrower and writer making headlines in … Continue reading
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Tagged creator of the essay, How to Live, Michel de Montaigne, Sarah Bakewell, the writing life
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Be Clear
“This seemed an utterly enchanted sea, this lake you could leave to its own devices for a few hours and come back to, and find that it had not stirred, this constant and trustworthy body of water.” E.B. White, Once … Continue reading
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Tagged clarity in writing, E. B. White, Once More to the Lake, The Elements of Style
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Windswept Words
“The usual masculine disillusionment is in discovering that a woman has a brain.” Margaret Mitchell It’s always fun to pick up some juicy tidbits about a classic book that’s beloved by readers the world over, but had a dicey delivery. … Continue reading