Tuesdays with Story
10/12/21
The first word . . .
“If you write about the things and the people you know best, you discover your roots. Even if they are new roots, fresh roots… they are better than… no roots.” —Isaac Bashevis Singer
Tuesday evening critiques . . .
Seven TWS writers flocked in a hybrid of in-person and Zoom critiques. Here is some of what was said:
— John Schneller (chapter 22, Precious Daughter) . . . Two needs were pointed out. Jaime pointed out that does not deal with regret at delaying the call for the village. It was something he (and the author) never thought about. (author’s note: he will have a lot more to regret in the next book). Jerry wanted more stumbling through the dark hold of the ship. Author will stumble through these revisions. Thanks!
— Jaime Nelson Noven (chapter, New York, After All) . . . This week, we took a critical look at the opening line, removed some extraneous details that seemed to be related to things that they weren’t related to, and Jack provided some ideas on how to make the magazine ads section more powerful by leveraging the names of the advertisers. Thanks, all!
— Jack Freiburger (poem, “Evening Ski”) . . . Not much as far as comments, but generally positive reactions. Pretty simple semi-imagist poem.
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