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– the writing process – step 1: pre-writing
The writing process – step 1: pre-writing. It starts with a thought, an inspiration, an event that makes me say, “What would happen if…?” In the case of this story, which has a working title of The...
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“Blood Meridian” or “Are We Dead Yet? Are We Dead Yet?”
As if writing a book review isn’t hard enough, it’s even harder when you didn’t really like the book and you try your best to sound fair and you’re not disliking it’s about a war and you’re very...
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
I’ve said that there’s no reason to write a story without a plot because you literally can make a plot of anything. It’s really not hard. Why did Jeff get a wrong-number phone call asking for Kevin?...
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Happy Birthday, Stevie!
Hey, last week, did you wish a happy birthday to Stephen King? He writes a LOT, but does that make him great writer? If I eat a lot, does that make me a great eater? Nobody can take away his...
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Yo. Little Help.
I’m having a little trouble with something, but I can’t tell you what. Let me be more specific. I’m working on a short story, but I’m not sure if something is clear that needs to be clear. It’s a...
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The “Not So” Great Gatsby
Either late in high school or early in college, I was ordered to read The Great Gatsby. I regarded it as the most boring thing I had ever picked up. However, roughly 20 years later, I decided that it...
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Writing 2.3 – A Contract with the Reader
When I took a graduate class called “Writing the Novel” a few years ago, I learned two very important things. First, if you tell a woman that she’s writing a romance novel when she thinks she’s...
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Writing 3.3 –“The Death Story”
In January of ’84, after a decent winter break between college semesters, I was excited and nervous about something new in my college schedule – theater. Not theater from a book but more like an intro...
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