October 26, 2022 Carol Brennan King We have been talking about writing techniques useful for both fiction and nonfiction or memoir writing. Then this last week, I was reminded of the power of voice in both genres. So next week, well, this week in class, I will tell you the story of the importance of…Read more Creative and Memoir Writing Class Notes
For Memoir Writers and Thriller Writers
Let what you have written gel for a while, and sifting through for your most intriguing ideas, search for the stories that are emerging, and the stories that link together in a way that your reader is pulled along. You are looking for stories that will stand alone, yet connect with each other in that Triptych frame.
No writing lessons here: just a bit of the feels from a recent walk: October 24, 2022
by Carol Brennan King Poem 2 in a series Can you feel it? the rumble of the black steel monster gulping clean air exhaling fire and sparks air too hot to breathe. Can you feel it? the air shimmering in hot waves burning your face as it passes by this thing, that shakes the earth…Read more No writing lessons here: just a bit of the feels from a recent walk: October 24, 2022
Creative and Memoir Writing Class scheduled for Oct. 12, 2022
Then, what do you know about the character you are focusing on for this exercise: his or her place in history or life? Do they have a position of influence? Are they bound by their place in the culture of the community where the action occurs? Or have they been influenced by the events that impinged on life before the story opens?
Creative and Memoir Writing Plot, Scene and Chapter September 28, 2022
The point is both scenes and chapters have a place in your story’s pacing. Short chapters tend to move the action along quicker. Longer chapters might lull you into relaxing with the longer flow of information and less tension. Remember, both scenes and chapters have a part in how quickly your story unfolds, and how your reader experiences the story.
Creative and Memoir Writing
First of all, if you don’t know your audience, you cannot very well market your book or story or article. So let’s talk about genre or markets.
Creative and Memoir Writing: The Right Editor or Coach, Part 1 September 7, 2022
I have a coach, and she really helped me finish my book by requiring me to turn in weekly goals - like I will write four days this week for a least 90 minutes a session. That worked for me...
Don’t Waste Your Time
“We need to be thinking seriously about moving,” floated into the air like static on the phone during a storm. Does that help you understand how I felt about the idea? I confess my first thought was, “I hate moving.” My second thought was, “It is sooooo much work.” Don’t leave now. It is going to get better.
Writers: This alert is for you! July 27, 2022
I never envied your clothes, homemade and thin of fabric. I never envied your dented car nor your life on a farm small farm, the barely scrape-by kind of farm. I never envied you until,
Choosing Discernment over Fear
o. Don’t be afraid of the Bible. Or any other book with new ideas or words. Read closely, with discernment. Look the words up. See how those words are used and what they mean. Don’t be afraid of what you might find out. Be freed to discover the truth of God’s love story.
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