Each of our daughters has provided me a unique gift with the presence of their lives in mine. Our eldest, a twenty-six year old senior law student exemplifies the epitome of loyalty.
That she chose to move back home and resume living in her old room while attending
law school touched me greatly. It gave me the invaluable
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My mum rang me for my birthday a couple of weeks ago.
She had found my old intermediate school reports – most of my teachers said the same thing: “Elle is very good with her writing and reading but disrupts lessons in class and upsets her classmates.”
Hmmmm – so basically I’m a pain in the ar*e who can read and write – explains why I write.
Working full-time as a palliative care nurse for the past seven years, I’ve rediscovered my inner-child, revisited all the things I dreamed about as a kid.
I don’t think there’s one single person on this earth that hasn’t felt alone and afraid.
When you are able to describe very intense emotions/feelings that you have felt personally – in any form of literature and other people can relate – that is pretty awesome.
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Author, and writing coach, Elizabeth Stark discusses the dynamics of planning your writing. She also hosts the blog, Write Where You Want to Be. Elizabeth Stark is the author of the novel Shy Girl, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1999, in paperback from Seal Press in 2000, and in German from Orlanda Press
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On vacation I read Thrity Umrigar‘s new novel, The Weight of Heaven. Besides being a sensitive and thrilling read that addresses both personal and relevant global issues, I, a writer, learned much from Umrigar who is thoroughly seasoned in this profession.
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Screen writer Kendall Williams of Morningside Writers’ Workshops, and Anjuelle Floyd discuss how creating character and designing plot are like cooking soup. So tune in.
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Screenwriters hold a wealth of knowledge that benefits the fiction writer. Screenwriter and playwright, Kendall Williams who runs Morningside Writers’ Group sees himself as a dramatist-teacher. Along with facilitating fiction writers and memoirists to learn the basics of story telling–character, plot, point of view, dialogue, setting, and theme, Kendall also teaches workshop participants how to
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Screenwriter, Kendall Williams, describes the art of staging your writing to create savory, sensual and lively scenes as he discusses the challenges and triumphs of moderating Morningside Writers’ Workshops. Tune in. Kendall Williams is a Freelance Writer/Editor, and former Adult Basic Education and GED Instructor. His feature articles, film, and dance reviews appear online and
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