Lara Zielinsky's Blog: Newsletter, page 23

hobbies

Day 18 of Supposed Crimes 30-day challenge: What are some of your hobbies? What do you enjoy about them? Hobbies are those things you do when you’re not working, right? Something to relax or be creative, or just doing something different than your day to day, right? I know some people do gardening, canning, crafts,… Continue reading hobbies →

Future Cast

For Day 17 of Supposed Crimes 30-day Challenge: What do you see yourself doing in another 1, 5, and/or 10 years? An answer to that lies here because looking back always has helped me look forward. ~ Lara

Accomplishment

For Day 16 of Supposed Crimes 30-day Challenge: What do you consider to be your best accomplishment? Honestly? Finishing a story. Actually not just one story but several. Life and self-doubt have crippled my writing so often, every project is a wonder that I finish at all. I’ve also always appreciated that readers enjoy my… Continue reading Accomplishment →

Passions

For Supposed Crimes Day 15 of 30-day Challenge: What are you passionate about? I recently read something about the difference between passion and drive. Passion is a passing fashion, something you like and even something that you like that connects you with others who like that too. Drive is taking a passion and using it… Continue reading Passions →

Stereotypes

For Day 14 of Supposed Crimes 30-day challenge: What are some stereotypes of your favorite literary genre? First let me start by saying I’m not a fan of stereotypes, and I see them as very different from tropes (see yesterday’s blog). Tropes are by and large harmless. Stereotypes are very often driven by biases, whether… Continue reading Stereotypes →

Trope-y fun

Day 13’s topic from Supposed Crimes 30-day Challenge is What tropes do you enjoy reading? Tropes exist in any frequently written genre. Tropes are patterns of storytelling elements that come up again and again in the stories in that genre. Fanfiction writers frequently use them as prompts to write about their favorite characters in situations… Continue reading Trope-y fun →

30-days in a week

Continuing the 30-day Challenge from Supposed Crimes. Day 9. Today’s post is a set of link-backs as I feel I have already answered several of these questions in previous blog posts. So if you feel you want to know more, click the link in the question. (day 9) What cultural value do you see in… Continue reading 30-days in a week →

storytelling culture

It’s Day 8 of Supposed Crimes 30-day Challenge. Blogging today on the question of How does culture inform storytelling? This question gets at the heart of why can be difficult to teach literature. If everyone shares the culture of the author, it’s easy to see idioms or other common cultural/historical touchstones, symbolism, or character motivations.… Continue reading storytelling culture →

fave characters

Day 7 of the 30-day Challenge from Supposed Crimes: Tell us about your favorite literary character(s). Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. I like that she’s not physically described as all that beautiful, but that she is appreciated by those around her for her mind, her intellect, and that she has failings and… Continue reading fave characters →

inspirational authors

30-day Challenge from Supposed Crimes day 6: Which author(s) have inspired you? In what ways? Similar to my plaint about genre, I can’t say I have loved everything written by any one author. But I have learned a lot about writing from reading, both what is, IMHO, good to do, and conversely what is not… Continue reading inspirational authors →