Tuesdays with Story 2-5-2012 Quote of the Week “I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful [...]
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Tuesdays with Story 01-22-12 Quote of the Week “Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshipping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.” – Allegra Goodman Tuesday at the B&N . . . I don’t remember if I got any notes from last Tuesday, or if it [...]
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Tuesdays with Story 01-10-12 Quote of the Week “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” – Mark Twain Tuesday at the B&N . . . A cozy group of writers gathered at Barnes & Noble for a quick round of critiques. First up, Jennifer Hanson reworked the first [...]
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Writer’s Mail Tuesdays with Story 01-05-12 Quote of the Week “If to love Story is to love excitement, then I ought to be the greatest lover of excitement alive.” – C.S. Lewis, On Stories Tuesday at the B&N 14 people! Rebecca shared the chapter “Treasure Hunting” from her Cheese Logue. Pat had a question about [...]
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Tuesdays With Story WRITER’S MAIL for December 31, 2011 Good Words from Way Back So all my best is dressing old words new, Spending again what is already spent. –William Shakespeare (1564-1616) in “Sonnet 76” (1609) December 27 Meeting: Sequel to Boxing Day The Second-and-Fourth writers followed up Boxing Day (December 26) with a sequel, [...]
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Tuesdays With Story WRITER’S MAIL for December 24, 2011 Good Words from Way Back o’ the Head “Just keep writing. Your perfect beginning is probably right ahead of you.” –Johanna Harness, “middle grade” and young adult novelist and blogger on the craft of writing. See for example, http://johannaharness.com/blog/2011/12/14/the-craft-of-writing-revision/. This quote comes from The Story Merchant [...]
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Posted in Newsletter on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesdays with Story WRITER’S MAIL for December 17, 2011 Good Words from Way Back “One has to be just a little crazy to write a great novel.” –John Gardner (1933-1982), an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor, not to be confused the British author who was the first of the James Bond spy [...]
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Posted in Newsletter on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesdays with Story WRITER’S MAIL for December 10, 2011 Good Words from Way Back “I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.” –Don Marquis (1878-1937), a New York newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright, short-story writer, and poet who published the opinions of [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged LA Times, Nathan Bransford, www.goodreads.com on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail November 25, 2011 By Pat Edwards “Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” – W.J. Cameron Tuesday at Barnes & Noble One last visit to Barnes & Noble before the December shopping frenzy leaves us homeless! Good news, though – 2nd and 4th has permission to meet again this year in the [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged Anu Garg, Orson Welles, wordspy.com on November 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail November 10, 2011 By Pat Edwards “I dream for a living.” – Steven Spielberg A core group of 2nd & 4th-ers gathered at Barnes & Noble for critiques (and caffeine, for many of us) and camaraderie… Jack Freiburger brought Path to Bray’s Head to an end. Jen suggested cutting the last sentence and [...]
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