This is one of my favorite structures for re-usable prompts. It’s not as easy as some prompts are to get started and can be thorny to work through but it generates material that has potential more often than any other reusable prompt or prompt structure I have tried.
Author: Glenn
bookmark_borderReview: The Captives
I had hopes for The Captives, by Debra Jo Immergut. Somewhere I read that it was quality prose in a thriller genre. Turns out the prose is okay, nothing spectacular (why use question marks in dialog for one character and not for the reply which is also a question?) and the story? Disappointing.
bookmark_borderWriting Fiction as if it were Memoir
There was something in Mary Karr’s “The Art Of Memoir” that stuck with me.
I listened to this as an audiobook from the library so it’s difficult to quote exactly but the specifics are less important than the process. She mentioned searching for a scene from her life that showed an example of her father and, something. How he loved her or some other other characteristic.
bookmark_borderSixfold
I am entered in the fall 2019 Sixfold competition.
Sixfold is writer-reviewed. I was assigned six stories to rank and review.
bookmark_borderStrengths and Weakness of your writing
What are your strengths and weakness as a writer?
You might look at:
- Characters
- Setting
- Plot
bookmark_borderEffects to Cause
- Start with an event, a cause. This cause will result in an incident, but don’t decide on the incident yet. Continue reading “Effects to Cause”
bookmark_borderTo help you edit, reverse your sentence order
Here’s how to make your computer help you find grammar and line editing problems. Awkward phrases, missing words, repeated words in close proximity, and repeated sentence length will be much more obvious and easier to identify to fix.
Continue reading “To help you edit, reverse your sentence order”
bookmark_borderOpen Your Story at the Start of the Ending
“Begin at the start of the ending” is a writing aphorism. Open your story there and you set yourself up to easily carry through without losing the reader’s attention. Continue reading “Open Your Story at the Start of the Ending”
bookmark_borderDifferences between reality and fiction
Writing a story is not the same as experiencing reality.
For one thing, fiction is more interesting than 99% of most people’s reality.
bookmark_borderGoldberg Variations as NaNoWriMo
I am now trying to identify elements of fiction that equate to harmonic progression as well as possibly key and form (matching the series of canons). Number of bars is likely not a big concern as it comes out of the repeated harmonic progression, meaning, retaining the chord progression requires the number and sequence of bars because you cannot extend or shorten one or more chords without destroying the balance and flow, and Bach is all about balance. Continue reading “Goldberg Variations as NaNoWriMo”