Category: Creative Process/Craft
The poet Billy Collins’ latest book was released in September, Whale Day. As I do with every new Collins collection, I’m reading it slowly, treating…
Read MorePerhaps this is an illness of all creative writers. Perhaps it’s an illness with which I alone suffer. In either case, I am constantly seeking…
Read More“I’ll quit when it stops being fun.” You’ve heard that one, right? Maybe you’ve said it. How about this one. “Life’s too short not to…
Read More“Yesterday evening, I started my novel. Now I begin to see stylistic difficulties that horrify me. To be simple is no small matter.” - Gustave…
Read MoreThere are many examples for writing students of exercises and worksheets through which to create characters. Do a search in Google Images for “character creation…
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