This book assumed that a book-length product, novel or non-fictional narrative was the end goal. Although I am most interested in short stories, most of the discussion was easily applicable to my goal.
Writing, Writing Craft
BR How to Tell a Story
Category: Writing
- Fiction that rises up to my pen
- Poems the few that occur to me
- Books that I’ve been reading
- Writing Craft
Writing, Writing Craft
Writing 2019
3 stories and 2 essays in Maryland Mensa M-Anation in 2019
Writing Craft
Said you were Carrillo on Kurdish
If the words said aren’t heard accurately, what chance does meaning have of crossing the interpersonal barrier?
Writing Craft
Revision Craft: Word Frequency
Python code cools my mind after writing a hot draft.
Reading, Writing Craft
Best American Essays
I can enjoy these essays as well as study the structure the authors used to achieve their effects.
Writing
Valley of the Boom
National Geographic has a series on the internet browser wars of the mid to late 1990s. I was in commercial software development and remember when I first learned about the internet in 1990. Watching Valley of the Boom brought some forgotten memories back. Email Scrapping The professor for the Pascal class at Johns Hopkins APL…
Writing Craft
Short Story Craft
Writing craft elements that I learned through practicing these last 10 years. Wanting to arrange in my mind, that means writing them.
Politics, Writing Craft
Wordsmithing and Perspective
Hearing a single wordsmith perspective again and again … the person may stop noting the image of a backwoodman, only see an antisocial vagrant.
Writing Craft
Short Stories Surprise
Short stories can illuminate psychological truths without the effort to the writer or the reader of a full-length novel.
Writing Craft
Tennessee Williams Lived Here
The charm of the composing stories in the quiet, away from the hurly-burly of the Old Quarter street the house fronted, appeals even now.
