So you want to write.....something? Feb. 2, 2022 by Carol Brennan King Ready, get set, WRITE! In our first class of the season yesterday, we went back to basics and talked about how to get set up for a successful writing project. The first thing we discussed is taking yourself and your writing seriously. I…Read more Class Communications!
Classes Start This Week
January 29, 2022 from the desk of Carol Brennan King Long time, no ??? See doesn’t work, or maybe it does. It has been a log time since you have seen me here. That does not mean that I have stopped caring about our writing community. I have been taking classes – the most recent…Read more Classes Start This Week
Happy New Year (‘s resolutions)!
January 1, 2022 by Carol Brennan King Well, I don't know about you, but this last year has been a humdinger. I thought 2020 was a dilly, but for me personally, this last year has been a year of greater challenges (you can all understand that), but it has also been a year of growth.…Read more Happy New Year (‘s resolutions)!
Covid and Me…and God: “Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
December 24, 2021 Carol Brennan King First, we have had our vaccine shots, all three of them. Secondly, the news is full of notes about how this thing, this virus, is way worse for those who have underlying conditions, like respiratory or autoimmune disorders, and more. But those two affect my family. So how do…Read more Covid and Me…and God: “Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Notes on my Bulletin Sunday Dec. 19, 2021
Carol Brennan King Some thoughts that came to me in church: about prayer: Would you want to talk about someone about your prayer life? Well, sometimes I get excited about what I am learning, and I want to talk to people about it, to see if everybody else already knew this. Or maybe to have…Read more Notes on my Bulletin Sunday Dec. 19, 2021
Resurrecting Leaving Ireland
December 12, 2021 Carol Brennan King After months of feeling blocked, I have picked up the story of my great-great-grandparents and their journey to Bradford County in Pennsylvania in 1848. The working title of my book is Leaving Ireland, and I think 2122 might be the year it is finished. Today we went up to…Read more Resurrecting Leaving Ireland
Creative Writing: Fiction and Memoir
Secondly, the first character the reader usually meets is the protagonist, the main character, and you must show the reader things about this person that makes them want to know more. Is she sobbing at her desk? Is he running down the street? Is he in a fight? Or on the phone?
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing September 15, 2021
Welcome Back! from Carol Brennan King It has been a while since we have been together and it was great to see you in person and via Zoom. In person people - please note that you can bring your laptop or tablet to class, and set it to zoom so that you can see the…Read more Creative Writing and Memoir Writing September 15, 2021
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing July 14, 2021
Carol Brennan King Both classes may benefit from these notes because whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, you must be authentic. That means you may have to check and confirm what you think you remember, for fiction and for nonfiction. The narrative must take place in an authentic and believable world, believable because you…Read more Creative Writing and Memoir Writing July 14, 2021
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing Class Notes
Carol Brennan King July 7, 2021 Prompt for next week: Write something around the word vacation. Think school, holiday, family, short or long vacations, accidental vacations (a snow day) or intentional and planned vacations. The example that I am sharing here may seem a long way off from vacation, but I was on my vacation…Read more Creative Writing and Memoir Writing Class Notes
Carol's Notes 