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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header.
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Monthly Archives: June 2004
Writing, inspiration and craft
I wrote something in an Orkut community last night and liked it so I’ve tweaked it a bit and posted it here as well. It’s about inspiration and while the original post was in the context of poetry and fiction, … Continue reading
Too much brevity – a contradiction?
Here’s a curious one – an oxymoron, I suppose. One of the posts on Writelife came up in a Google search for "Too much brevity in writing." It struck me as funny, the idea of too much brevity. Despite the … Continue reading
Language as a communication barrier
I read Ron’s post on language and hip-hop and chat rooms and had to throw in my two cents because I agree, though I’d like to add a few thoughts. First of all, why would this be an issue? I … Continue reading
A word to the wise
Writing screenplays is excellent practice in building discipline in one’s writing. Movie characters talk far less than real people – a logical constraint given film’s 120-minute window on a world. Every word counts and they must count on different levels: … Continue reading
Mrs. Van doesn’t live here anymore
I’m going to sound like an old dinosaur. And I don’t care. I’m becoming my third-grade grammar teacher, Mrs. Van, who taught grammar in an effective way – by shoving it, not always gently, down our throats until we got … Continue reading