…I’m getting it. Over the last 36 hours or so I’ve had a sea change in my understanding of narrative writing and simultaneously in my
Category: Writing
Replace the quotes – with what?
I’m reading Storycraft by Jack Hart, at the suggestion of my Goucher mentor, and it’s kind of blowing my mind as I try to free
No better story than a timely story!
I was given a magazine assignment today to write a feature about the work of Muslims around the issue of gun control. It is sad
Nuts, bolts, bridges and paths
<sigh> As I continue working on my first formal assignment in my MFA program at Goucher I am having all kinds of revelations about story,
Profile as story
I am working on a profile as a school assignment. In my continuing quest to free my brain of magazine writing, as usual my brain
Can it be deep but not somber?
Today I read this installment of the “Why’s this so good?” series on the Nieman Storyboard site. This post, written by Joanna Kaskissis, discussed Michael
A score for a book?
It occurred to me – is there a way in writing to reproduce the effect of a movie score? For instance, the harmonica tune that
I never read what I wrote
My first article for the Houston Chronicle – paid article, that is, versus the blogging I’ve done for them for six years – appeared online
