by Bill Wren on November 5, 2010
It’s possible you are wondering where Part II is, the post that follows up my post from a few days ago, People and stories — Part 1. I’m wondering that too. Both of those posts, the published one and the missing follow-up, are part of the document I’m creating as part of GloManWriMo, a month [...]
by Bill Wren on October 31, 2010
Mark over at Thoughtwrestling had what I think is a very good idea: a non-fiction, manifesto writing month. You can get the details here. I’ve decided against my better judgement to participate. I only say that because I’ve so many things I’m working on and worrying about now that one more on the pile is [...]
by Bill Wren on October 27, 2010
(This is a repost of something I wrote in 2006. I have long since finished reading the book referred to. In fact, I’ve reread it since. It’s very good. By the way, this is not really a review; it’s a first impressions piece.) I’m currently reading Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting [...]
by Bill Wren on October 12, 2010
Voice is a big deal in writing. I recently wrote about it on Thoughtwrestling in a post titled “Imitate and find your authentic voice.” It was a response to, and augmented (to my thinking) an earlier post written by Mark Powers called, “2 Keys to Writing in Your Own Voice.” As I mentioned in my [...]
by Bill Wren on September 25, 2010
I had an idea about this ebook I put together, Disrupted Lives and Other commotions. I decided against it for a number of reasons but it keeps popping up in some of my tweets and Facebook updates. Let me describe the idea. The ebook is made up of seven stories. So it is fiction (with [...]
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