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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Slow Down
“All my life I have got tremendous pleasure out of good story telling, good yarns that have taken me to places I have never been and shown me life styles and periods that I have never known. When I started … Continue reading
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Tagged dramatic pacing, Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett, Pillars of the Earth
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Stage Left
Have you ever read one of those long paragraphs in which the writer tells you absolutely everything about a character’s movements or actions in excruciating detail? Boring, isn’t it? Exhaustive descriptions like these leave nothing to the reader’s imagination and … Continue reading
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Tagged description in narrative writing, Melissa Jones, WeBook.com
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Stage Left
Have you ever read one of those long paragraphs in which the writer tells you absolutely everything about a character’s movements or actions in excruciating detail? Boring, isn’t it? Exhaustive descriptions like these leave nothing to the reader’s imagination and … Continue reading
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Have Patience
“Have patience with yourself. You have big dreams and big goals and are doing everything right, but you are probably frustrated that things are taking so long. Lighten up on yourself, while you keep working. Learning things, planning things, and … Continue reading
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SMART Goals
“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” Lee Iacocca) I just came across an interesting approach that has “author” written all over it. It’s a goal-setting strategy called “SMART Goals” created by George … Continue reading
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New Books
When I think back to holidays that I enjoyed most, books were often part pf them. Even today, holiday time for my family and me often involves giving books. Alex has been studying urban spaces at Middlebury and asked for … Continue reading
Little tree
Little silent Christmas tree You are so little You are more like a flower Who found you in the green forest And were you very sorry to come away? See I will comfort you. Because you smell so sweetly I … Continue reading
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Perfect, Schmerfect!
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.” Oscar Wilde Hearing other writers talk about writing is so useful! You can pick … Continue reading
Distance Delivers
Now the hard part begins. After sending the draft of my YA novel to a few trusted readers, I’m sitting down myself and marching through it from start to finish. Oy vey! What can I say? Some of it sings … Continue reading
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Opportunity Angels
Edna Ferber was having a bad night. George Kaufman had persuaded her to turn one of her short stories into a play. Out-of-town tryouts weren’t going well: the play was proving to be a dud. Hoping to buoy up the … Continue reading