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October 24, 2018
Yet More Conversation about the “Rules of Writing” . . .
This Blog Conversation began on October 15th and continued on Oct. 17th, 19th, and 22nd… [image error]
I’ll give you a huge thought from earlier in this discussion…
There are many declared “rules” of writing; yet, I’ve made a point to include in our past posts, and will share here, a maxim from author C. J. Cherryh:
No Rule Should Be Followed Off a Cliff.
I don’t know if you can agree with that; but, it rings loudly true to me…
Some of the past posts in this discussion have considered the idea that bein...
October 22, 2018
Literary fiction – do we need a new term?
A re-blog by Roz is Always worth reading…
A review in The Times of Milkman by Anna Burns, which has just won this year’s Booker, has me worried. (James Marriott: ‘Booker choice is all that’s wrong with literary fiction’.)
I haven’t read Milkman so I can’t say if I’d agree with Marriott’s review, but I absolutely share many of his concerns. He finds the book ‘a tough read’, self-indulgent in style and not particularly elegant or original. He concludes:
Nowadays literary fiction...
Even More Conversation about the “Rules of Writing” . . .
[image error] This Blog Conversation began on October 15th and continued on Oct. 17th & 19th…
There have been a number of topics raised in this discussion; and, you may want to take those links to see what previous readers had to say…
So…
There are many declared “rules” of writing; yet, I’ve made a point to include in those past posts, and will share here, a maxim from author C. J. Cherryh:
No Rule Should Be Followed Off a Cliff.
I’m wondering if you can agree with that…?
You might consider sharing your...
October 20, 2018
What I wish I’d known at school: two instructions for making a creative life
Today’s re-blog is from Roz Morris…
Most definitely worth reading & sharing :-)
A few weeks ago I posted about exercise and my ineptitude at school sports. In the far warrens of the internet, somebody at my old school pricked up her ears and wrote me an email.
We love hearing what alumnae are up to. Would you write a few words for our magazine, with advice to current pupils? Not in sport, obvs.’
What would I have liked to know at that age? I remember my main worry was what I w...
October 19, 2018
The Careful Craft of the Disability Essay
Today’s re-blog is capable of “interpretation” on at least three “levels”:
* Writing non-fiction essays about disability…
* Writing non-fiction essays…
* Writing fiction essays…Personally, I feel the disability essay interpretation is the most important.
By Rachel Hoge
Sometimes I have trouble knowing which came first: my writing or my speech disability. I began stuttering early in life, around four or five years old. Around this time, I wrote my first poem—one shor...
Still More Conversation about the “Rules of Writing” . . .
This Blog Conversation began on October 15th and continued on Oct. 17th… [image error]
I share those links in case you want to see what our readers have already said…
So…
There are many declared “rules” of writing; yet, I’ve made a point to include in those past posts, and will share here, a maxim from author C. J. Cherryh:
No Rule Should Be Followed Off a Cliff.
I’m wondering if you can agree with that…?
You might consider sharing your opinion in the comments…
But, I want to share our latest reader’s c...
October 17, 2018
Slow Flash
Today’s re-blog gives great insight into being willing to pare down one’s writing… Whether it’s from 110,000 words to 50,000 or from 1,600 words to 700…
By Melissa Ballard
“When will you write something about me?”
“Mom, you know I only write about dead people.”
End of conversation.
But the truth was, I’d already started more drafts about Mom than I could count.
As she began to have health problems, needed surgery, and finally had to move from her home of nearly forty...
More Conversation about the “Rules of Writing” . . .
This Blog Conversation began on October 15th… [image error]
That first post had a set of “rules” that some would call “long” and others might see as “compact and practical”…
It was written by C. J. Cherryh, was called Writerisms and other Sins, and had a summation statement that said, No Rule Should Be Followed Off a Cliff.
Sage advice Cherryh offers; yet, there are accomplished writers who could disagree, stating particular “rules” they feel are essential to their work.
One excellent one, that many of th...
October 15, 2018
Incombustible Ideas: The Subtle Bigotry of Book Banning by Jennifer LaGarde and Travis Crowder
One of the banned books mentioned in this re-blog is “The Hate U Give”, which has recently been released as a major motion picture…
Books are powerful. They have the unique ability to transform, inspire, and educate, all while wrapping us in the singularly connective tissue of story. The ideas in books also have the potential to challenge the status quo, make us think differently, and encourage change in our world: a power which some find f...
