Burning Thoughts
Since I write about thinking, a review on Jerry Fodor’s The Language of Thought 1975 classic was a necessary research step. Jerry Fodor had a strong anti-behaviorism aspect. I enjoyed that. In the early 1970s…
As I rode my bike up the steep hill, I kept focused on the top of the hill
Following Bradbury's advice, I do a thousand words on stories, fleshing them out. Those that retain gusto, I go with and try to improve.
What else accounts for the difference most of us experience between the vigor of our speech and the difficulty of our writing?
What drives people to read stories? Readers want to escape or they want to learn.
"Story" is the events in the narrative, while "plot" is the logical and emotional relationships between the events.
Subtitle: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Good, solid advice.
Good feedback from teacher last night on a sample beginning I wrote up. He said that it wasn't clear, soon enough who the main character was. I had too many named people for a short…
