Category: Creative Process/Craft

, blood rising in thin slivers.

This week we are going to get very, very practical. I’d like to talk about a mistake creative writers make all the time. Every time…

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The Writer and I Know Very Little

There are many ways in which the work of crafting fiction is very different from living life. One of these is in the following adage…

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What Jackson Said

Here is something you need to know. It is a quote that summarizes the creative process. It describes what every writer, painter, composer, and creator…

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Of the Innumerable Effects

Ben H. Winters said to us in a recent workshop, (my paraphrase) that a writer’s work is not to create stories, but rather to create…

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What the Characters Said and Did

"Favor character interaction over setting."    - Recent advice from a colleague What this fellow meant was spend your time – the space on your pages…

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