I was drinking my morning coffee and reading my book when… Midway through chapter 24, I felt it: the hand of plot. That sense that the author is driving to a point – squeezing in some
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The relationship between theme and plot has been a major writing challenge during the pandemic. It’s been a year of lockdown, of protest, of raising very confused and saddened children, of angry debates and so much
One positive thing has happened during this first frightful pandemic month of 2021. I find myself able to read again. I mean, really read. Focus on pages, stick with a novel from chapter to chapter, finish
If you haven’t read King’s ON WRITING, treat yourself to a copy this year. Even if your TBR pile is already too high, I give you this useful nugget of King-ly wisdom.
Zadie Smith is one smart lady. Read some of her thoughts on fighting the algorithm and (short) storytelling. Better, still, take a minute to trick yourself into getting some of your own words on the page
When it comes to creative writing, metaphors can make magic. Even though I know and use metaphors with regularity, sometimes it helps me ground myself with a nice refresher definition and some sweet examples, like the
For the first installment of this month’s promised “Wordy Celebrations,” may I point you to the wonderful writings of Barbara Dee. Barbara stopped by my blog way back in 2016 to celebrate the publication of
We’vearrived. Yes, it’s 2020, where everything should be perfectly clear. Our newdecade looks likely to begin with a year of bad 20/20 vision puns. We’re “outwith the old” which, in 2020, means post-holiday clearance sales
Backstory: It’s been a fallow year for my novel-writing career (intentional rhyme) but a delightful twelve months at the day job. I’m learning, creating and indulging my passions for consonance, rhyme and catchy turns-of-phrase. All of
Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Second Saturdays Writing Program at Woodinville Library 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville Join management consultant and science fiction writer RORI SHAY for a lively discussion of how