Tag: Toni Morrison
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Protected: Of Sports Camps, “Beloved” and Fears …
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Of Mars in Cancer, Courts of Change, and Travels…
Every story is like a court case wherein we, the author, like an attorney, tries a case of our protagonist. Who is on trial? Is your protagonist the defendant or the plaintiff seeking judgment and damages for a wrong committed upon her or him? If she or his had been wronged then what was the…
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The Writer, Narrative, and Evolution…
Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at every moment it is being created. –Toni Morrison (Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise by Tavis Smiley) These words gripped me the first time I read them. That was over a week ago. In the days since, I have repeated and shared them…
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Of Narrative, Journeys, and What Compels Us to Write…
“Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.” –Toni Morrison, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author The protagonist, in reaching home, during this last chapter of the journey, must evidence that she or he has traveled, not simply waited steps beyond home, seconds beyond the gates of…
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interesting and blessed day…
interesting day… i interviewed novelist, Thrity Umrigar, on her latest work, The Weight of Heaven. such a nice person. then i wrote several blogs about her. south asian writers have so influenced me–Jhumpa Lahiri, Lavanya Sankaran, Manil Suri, and of course, Thrity Umrigar.. i wish more black and african americans read their work. we could…
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So You Want to Write a Story: Where Does Your Story Take Place?
The setting of a novel addresses where the story takes place, location, but also the time period wherein the change of events occurs. Setting and time period are important dimensions to a story. In many stories they act as additional characters.
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Editing: How Important is It?
Very. And yet this is a place where writers from all genres agree to disagree, as was the case today on AAMBC Radio where the topic was, “How Important is Editing?” I encourage all writers and novices of the craft to listen to or download the broadcast. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AAMBC/2009/05/02/Panel-Discussion-How-important-is-Editing It would seem that quality editing is…