Just family life
Let’s see… One daughter is starting college next month. One daughter just moved back home to save money for grad school. One daughter is preparing for her wedding. One daughter… Read more »
Category: Writing
Giving and getting feedback
This week we are on break, kind of. Which really means that we still have loads of work, but more time than normal to do it in. Which I must… Read more »
Message to readers
I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve totally forgotten one of the handy little gadgets I carry around with me everywhere, my smart phone. I love gadgets! So even though… Read more »
My dérive
A dérive (or drift) is a journey, purposely unplanned, through what is usually an urban landscape. The purpose of it is to open the traveler’s eyes to the patterns that exist;… Read more »
The write addict
I don’t know if I should admit this or not, but…um…I finished the extra credit homework yesterday. I told you I had trouble setting aside my writing projects! What happened… Read more »
Unplug or cushion?
I’m at that stage in writing that is very difficult. The rough draft is finished but the rewriting is yet to be done. So, in order to do a really… Read more »
Rough draft – done!
Just one minute ago I finished the rough draft of my screenplay. I had not planned on finishing yet. But I got on a roll and I think it would… Read more »
Star People
Sometimes an event happens which impacts you, even though you might not at the time be aware of its importance. It is usually a very minor event, barely memorable at… Read more »
No dialogue needed
I want to share a fun assignment from last month with you. The challenge was to write a visual scene in screenplay format where two characters are in an argument,… Read more »
Writing chunks
Have you ever looked at a big project, unsure how you would ever have the time, energy, or guts to finish it? It is overwhelming, unwieldy, and very, very frightening…. Read more »