Tag: reading
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The Insight of a Coach
Asking questions is part of Elizabeth Stark‘s job as a writing coach. A primary question she addresses for her clients is, “What’s the experience of reading this work?” The experience of reading a work cannot be easily, if at all, accessed by the writer or author of the work. And if so, the writer must…
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The Value of Earning a MFA
The jewel in the crown of my experience in earning my MFA lay not in achieving a marked improvement in my writing. While my MFA thesis went on to be published by a small press, the greatest gift I gave myself in undergoing the rigorous and rugged course of study, was the habit I developed…
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perspective….
it’s 18 minutes after midnight. the kids are in bed. my adolescent has completed 2.5 days of the new year. my 5th grader has their first day tomorrow. it’s a half day with no aftercare; pick-up is at noon. then my high schooler gets out at 2pm. we have lunch. tomorrow is my last day,…
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The Dollars and Sense of Writing
Why should I read this book? This is the question every reader holds when cracking open the pages of any novel, or work of fiction and deciding whether to invest money and time into purchasing and reading it.
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So You Want to Write a Book: Why?
The idea for your story has come to you. Images are filling your head. You cannot get a free thought that is not related to the theme. While driving you find yourself writing in your mind. This may sound a bit crazy, but I raise the question, Why do you want to write this book?
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So You Want to Write A Book: How Did It Come to You?
So you want to write a book. How did it come to you? Did you receive the urge to write your book through an image? Or did you get the idea from an article you read? Perhaps a movie held a theme that stimulated you to create your own story? Or have you, for quite…
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Dry Spells
Writers often encounter dry spells, blockages, or what seems a loss of imagination. We most often call this writer’s block. I actually think that writer’s block is a catch-all term for times when we don’t know what to write. Not knowing what to write can occur in many phases of our writing, the outset of…