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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Telling Words
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer … Continue reading
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Tagged brevity in writing, Daniel Heitman, E. B. White, The Elements of Style
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Something Wonderful
As we move into warmer, greener days, something to delight us all: “They always called it Magic and indeed, it seemed like it in the months that followed — the wonderful months — the radiant months — the amazing ones. … Continue reading
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Tagged Frances Hodgson Burnett, painting with words, The Secret Garden
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No Rules
“There are no rules about how to write a book and no one story about how one got finished.” Sheila York Oddly encouraged: that’s how I feel when I hear an author who’s open enough to talk about how difficult … Continue reading
Have Fun!
“Have fun, and write what you love. When J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book, and my boss, Arthur A. Levine, bought the American rights, fantasy wasn’t “hot.” Children’s books weren’t “hot.” British books weren’t “hot.” And publishing people … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheryl B. Klein, Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling, Second Sight
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Use Adversity
“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?” John Keats “Everyone gets a chance to be a hero in a potentially great story.” Ed Agresta Sure, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Agresta, John Keats, overcoming adversity, Power Thoughts
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Listening In
Consider how you spend your day: seeing the sun slant across the floor in your room, smelling that first cup of hazelnut coffee, touching your silky comforter with your hands or that small nubbly rug by your bed with your … Continue reading
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Tagged Joelle Anthony, Restoring Harmony, SCBWI, sensory details and writing, The Right & the Real
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Sparking Creativity
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Maya Angelou “You can be cautious or you can be creative. But you can’t be a cautious creative…Good ain’t near great.” George Lois, art director Wonderful, isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Sibley O'Brien, creativity and writing, Eric Maisel, Maya Angelou
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Something Wonderful
In keeping with the relaxing, reflective nature of our precious weekend time, I am inaugurating a new weekly feature called “Something Wonderful” — I hope you’ll enjoy it! To kick off each weekend, I’ll be sharing something wonderful with you … Continue reading
Prose Pruning
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.” Truman Capote Our boy Truman has a point: pruning our prose is often one of the best ways to improve it. There are so many missteps that can … Continue reading
Writing Lessons
Just breathing in the air in spaces once inhabited by writers you admire can be energizing and inspiring. A few years ago, a friend and I visited Emily Dickinson’s home in Amherst. Seeing the small, serene bedroom where she spent … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Dickinson, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robinson Jeffers
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