Ever hit a brick wall when trying to revise the opening of a story? This is just what happened to me recently and the following is how I discovered the underlying problem for my “writer’s block” and what I’m doing to conquer the problem. The “block” began when I tried to come up with a [...]
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Heather’s Road to Revision Part 1: Writer’s Block & Scene Analyses
Posted in heather's posts, on writing on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FEED by M.T. Anderson
Posted in books we love, laura's posts on December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was like da da, da da, when I read this book cause it was like meg depresso but I have to brag on FEED because, all the units need to hover over and download these alphas to your syst. That’s my attempt at mimicking the voice of Titus in M.T. Anderson’s brilliant book, FEED. Synopsis: In a not-so-distant future, people [...]
Critique Groups: The why and how
Posted in laura's posts, on writing on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know and it is especially true in writing. I wrote for five years in solitude. Then I finally broke down and joined a writers’ group. I met my mentor (Heather) and grew as a writer exponentially. She taught me things like conflict, plot, protagonist (seriously) and also [...]
WRITING: The Method
Posted in laura's posts, on writing on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m always interested to know how other writers write–how, when, where, for how long and why (ha, ha). So, in the hopes that my compatriots will jump in with their own method, I’m going to give a quick breakdown of my process. HOW: Before I begin a story, I visualize it in my head, not necessarily things [...]
Embrace Revision: A Few Metaphors
Posted in heather's posts, musings on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post is just for fun (cliches allowed). Feel free to add a metaphor/simile of your own. Points for originality. REVISION IS: Taking that ripe golden pear you bought at the store that got bruised under the potatoes on the way home, and paring away the brown spots until all that’s left is something you [...]
WINTER GIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson
Posted in books we love, laura's posts on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WINTERGIRLS is a story about two friends (one recently deceased) and the pact that they shared while living, to be thin, thin, thin. It is the story of a teenage girl’s unravelling told in an unflinching, lyrical, in-your-face, first-person account. I found WINTERGIRLS to be elegant and stunning and sophisticated, with just as much grit and authenticity [...]
Welcome to Red Eye Writers
Posted in angele's posts, musings, tagged Angele McQuade, critique groups, Heather Whitaker, Laura Lascarso, Red Eye Writers, YA on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every Monday night, the Red Eye Writers hook up around a big ol’ wooden (and sometimes wobbly) table to chit chat, to critique, to commiserate, but most of all, to create. For those few (way too few!) hours a week, we write and write and write, each of us feeding off the collective inspiration (and, [...]
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