The emphasis in on the character, his or her feelings, motivations, and interior life. A clear plot may exist but the interior life of the character is of as much importance as is the plot in importance.
Writing Resources
I love writing, but I also love teaching writing and encouraging or coaching other writers. This part of my website is the natural outgrowth of that passion.
From time-to-time, I will add information or websites that I hope other writers might find useful, like this one from Purdue University:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/creative_writing/index.html
The owl at the beginning of the URL mean Online Writing Lab and it is the creation of Purdue University. This particular part of their site is the introduction to Creative Writing resources. If you look to your left, you will see just a glimpse of all the great resources available to you here.
Keep watching because I will add more resources, mostly dependent on either what I need or what my students need.
Creative Writing and Memoir Class Notes
Yes, memoirs are still the stories of our family or our own stories, our history, but they may also overlap with some of the perspectives seen in fiction.
Creative Writing and Memoir Class February 17, 2021 Carol Brennan King
Although the majority of the text looks like what you expect, periodically the writer shifts into a different layout to show how a character, usually the protagonist, sees the scene.
Trying Something New in our Creative Writing and Memoir Classes
prompts can free our creativity, giving us opportunities to think about different words and how to use them in fresh ways. Then we talked about How to use prompts.
Spring Creative and Memoir Writing: Our New Normality Returns
As you write your story or your scene, think about what you see, smell, feel, hear, and even taste, if there is a tray of cookies waiting in your scene.
Creative Writing/Memoir Class Notes
It's important to note that guidelines may vary a little based on who you talk to or what you read, but by following the ones stated above, you will ensure sure that your manuscript looks clean, is easy to read and won't get rejected because of sloppy formatting.
Creative Writing and Memoir Class Notes
Give the person a deadline for when you need the manuscript back – if you are giving them the manuscript to them and not reading it to them. Give them a reminder a day or two before your due date. You might say, “I have worked out for Wednesday to be my manuscript workday, so I would appreciate what you have been able to do for me before Wednesday.
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing
Keep a journal for exploring how you feel about your writing, for writing exploratory short pieces, paragraphs, poetry, even as a portable tool to chase what comes to you when it comes to you. Then, if and when you want to, rewrite the entries in a much more polished book format,
Creative Writing and Memoir Writing
The point is that this is your writing space, your office as an author, and you and your body know that when you go to this place, it means work.
Creative Writing/ Memoir Class Notes
If you want to publish a book, you have to develop an audience to buy your book. You do that by building a platform - a tool you use to promote yourself and sell your writing. Your writing platform proves your ability as a writer to promote and sell your books.
Carol's Notes 