<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Writelife &#187; Writers</title>
	<atom:link href="http://writelife.net/tag/writers/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://writelife.net</link>
	<description>asking questions and discovering how little I know</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:54:12 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Storytelling &#8212; get out of the way</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/14/storytelling-get-out-of-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/11/14/storytelling-get-out-of-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paragraph of description]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repetition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tempo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verbosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the indifference of weather, he shot the child and kept walking. I’ve mentioned before that far too often we’re focused on writing rather than storytelling. I refer to writing because that is what I do, but this is applicable &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/11/14/storytelling-get-out-of-the-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/11/14/storytelling-get-out-of-the-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Benefits and hazards of description</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/29/benefits-and-hazards-of-description/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/10/29/benefits-and-hazards-of-description/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distinct image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modifiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sentences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storytellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vague image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Description in a story can be a tricky thing. With words, it paints an image in a reader’s mind. However, done to excess it puts a reader to sleep. I call them word pictures and, as with all pictures, some &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/10/29/benefits-and-hazards-of-description/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/10/29/benefits-and-hazards-of-description/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Always fascinated by story</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fictional writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert mckee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenplay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screenwriters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screenwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technical aspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is a repost of something I wrote in 2006. I have long since finished reading the book referred to. In fact, I&#8217;ve reread it since. It&#8217;s very good. By the way, this is not really a review; it&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Master storyteller &#8211; Robert Louis Stevenson</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/16/master-storyteller-robert-louis-stevenson/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/10/16/master-storyteller-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delayed gratification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Butterworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[master storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new arabian nights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert louis stevenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want someone to model yourself after as a storyteller, go to Robert Louis Stevenson. Now that guy could tell stories. Many writers, like myself, make the mistake of writing. I’ve done that and still find myself doing it. &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/10/16/master-storyteller-robert-louis-stevenson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/10/16/master-storyteller-robert-louis-stevenson/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>This is what I have been doing</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/20/post-about-not-posting/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/07/20/post-about-not-posting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambrose bierce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictionary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind and body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my man godfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negativism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physical health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piddleville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughtwrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems wrong to say I haven&#8217;t posted anything this week because I&#8217;ve been busy &#8212; it&#8217;s Tuesday! But in many ways this is more like Thursday to me since I spent the weekend working. And a lot of that &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/20/post-about-not-posting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/07/20/post-about-not-posting/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Publish and flourish: cause and effect</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/25/publish-and-flourish/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/25/publish-and-flourish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scheherazade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill wren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john barth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one thousand and one nights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technical writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The final lesson I take from the story of Scheherazade’s telling of The One Thousand and One Nights is that you can change the dictum “publish or perish” to &#8220;publish and flourish.&#8221; As John Barth points out in Getting Oriented, &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/05/25/publish-and-flourish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/05/25/publish-and-flourish/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What happens next?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scheherazade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[da vinci code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dan brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eternal recurrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piddleville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popularity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lose the model: everything is a story</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/08/lose-the-model-everything-is-a-story/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/08/lose-the-model-everything-is-a-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scheherazade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narrative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[possibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stereotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tactile book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is a novel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative people start out with a model in their heads of how they will be creative. It’s a template of how their creativity will manifest itself. One of the most important steps they make in their development is losing that &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/05/08/lose-the-model-everything-is-a-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/05/08/lose-the-model-everything-is-a-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Perfect gets you killed: know when to let go</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/07/perfect-gets-you-killed/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/07/perfect-gets-you-killed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 10:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scheherazade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caveat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kay Nielsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[three states]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my post Publish or perish: the lessons of Scheherazade I listed six lessons, the last of which was, “Perfect gets you killed.” I don’t think I explained what I meant very well so let me try now. Most creative &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/05/07/perfect-gets-you-killed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/05/07/perfect-gets-you-killed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Writers are confidence men</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/15/writers-are-confidence-men/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/04/15/writers-are-confidence-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flimflam artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flimflammery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john barth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piddleville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writelife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writers are essentially flimflam artists. That doesn&#8217;t sound very good. It certainly doesn&#8217;t sound as if writers are trustworthy. However, if you consider that everyone is a flimflam artist of sorts, you can see writers have, or should have, one &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/04/15/writers-are-confidence-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://writelife.net/2010/04/15/writers-are-confidence-men/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

