Tag: creative writing
Making Beautiful Music in Fiction
I exercise to music. Don’t we all? Relieves the boredom of repetitive motions. Sometimes, of course, music…
Aimless? In A Rut? Haiku yourself out of it.
Haikuing is fun and it only needs 17 syllables, give or take. I have haikued in the…
A Moveable Feast–Hemingway’s Enduring Legacy On Writing
“But what if it is … only that you are trying to use words that people would…
Greatness in a book of fiction ― Show, don’t tell?
What makes for greatness in a book of fiction? Maybe this is a question impossible to answer…
When Writing, Like Painting, Is A Naked Art
A few years ago, I did a large canvas painting using sketches of models from an art…
Downcast Eyes: A World of Meaning
The heroine’s downcast eyes in Welcome Reluctant Stranger (Book 3, Between Two Worlds), tell you she’s deep…
Literary Appropriation of Real Events: Celebrity at a Paris Café
Quai des Grands Augustins teems with people on this cool but sunny May day in 2004. Often,…
Writing As Art: Apt Word Choice
Do you think of writing as art? Or a task with a set of rules you must…
The Fun of Researching a Book
Inside, the terminal was bouncing. That was the only way Leilani could describe it. Greeters jumped and…
Want to Go Viral? Target a mouthy audience
Want to go viral? Take a cue from a former teacher of creative writing. He came out…
Zen of Writing?
The Zen of Writing? An oxymoron, I’d say. At least, that’s my first reaction. In my mind,…
Why Writers Are Researchers, Too
Writers are researchers, too. In fact, writers have to be Jacquelines (or Jacks) of many trades. Wordsmiths,…
Writing Is Unrewarding. Why Do It?
Why write fiction? Writing is unrewarding. Not an item you would often find in a bucket list…
Tedium in writing—Paying Attention To P’s And Q’s
There is necessary tedium in writing. My third novel (Hello, Agnieszka!) is in the proofreading stage by…
Live Inside Your Head: Romance in writing
If you live inside your head, people are likely to think you’re crazy. But doing so can…