Archive for the ‘act of writing’ Category

Doing Things Right

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Sorry it's been a couple of weeks with no posts over here. I've been busy with school and work and some new work (that may now be old work) that I haven't had, or made, time to be online and updating this website. However, I will try to be better ...

What You Meant to Write

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

A couple of years ago I took a Wilderness Writing class. In this class the group of freshmen and sophomore and I all had to write and critique each other's writing. What seemed apparent in the class was that these kids, most between the 18 and 19, with the older ...

Working Through the Concept - part III

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Gathering the idea together is important. What does this mean? Let's take another look at Cassandra West: Cassandra is a young girl who is pulled out of her body and placed into the body of an older woman... herself, ten or twenty years older. This is an idea. And it is where the ...

Working Through the Concept

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Returning to the series of entries on writing, this week we are going to look at methods of working through the concept. In this case, we are going to continue looking at Cassandra West or the longer title, The Stories and Mis-Adventures of Cassandra West. In many cases, working with ...

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.