Archive for March, 2008

On Journal Keeping

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Let me redirect your attention to an entry on a website I came across (StumbleUpon.com) today. http://makegenius.com/10-benefits-of-keeping-a-journal-and-what-to-write-in-it/ Essentially, this is ten reasons for you to keep a journal with some supporting information. Go over, read, enjoy.

Exposition - or one element of writing fiction

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The question was asked: What is exposition? I am relatively certain that this word is not common when talking about fiction. Most people want to use terms like show and tell and leave out longer and more difficult words and concepts. However, as a person who comes to fiction as ...

The Crime Procedural

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

You really can't turn on the TV to scripted programming and not find a crime procedural show on. The two I like to watch are Bones and House - though the latter of the two is dressed in the garbs of a medical drama. What makes a crime procedural a ...

Stardust by Neil Gaiman — book review

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Neil Gaiman published Stardust in 1999. This is an adult fantasy novel that starts in England in the town of Wall and heads into the and of the Faerie where, we are told, all of the places that people go looking for, but don't believe are really there, end up. ...

More on the Practice of Writing

Friday, March 21st, 2008

One of the tenets of this website is: In order to improve as a writer you have to write. As a result, I would imagine, a lot of time will be spent on the mere act of writing. One thing that is nearly essential for every writer is to find something ...