creative writing
August 4, 2009
- Creative Writers InkwellInkwell: http://www.inkwellwriters.ie/index.htmlWelcome to Inkwell Writers Workshops Are you a writer looking for inspiration? Have you always wanted to write but don’t know where to start? Have you dreamed of writing a best seller? Now you can find out how at INKwell Writers’ WorkshopsINKwell Workshops are organised by a writer for writersCombining the experience ...
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July 22, 2009
- Maeve Binchy : The Writers ClubThe Writers Club is a book written by Ireland’s queen of fiction Maeve Binchy as a beginner’s writers guide. It is published by Orion and its ISBN is 0752883070. It is as one would expect written in Maeve’s usual style both witty and compassionate . She says everyone can write ! It comprises of 20 letters from Maeve to aspiring writers including advice on ...
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July 14, 2009
- First of all I'll apologise for not submitting anything since April but I've been kept busy what with trying to get my current Kinneff set project moving and attending events at our annual writers festival in Aberdeen, Wordfringe (soon to have a new name as it moves to September as of next year).After a struggle I think I know where the current 17th century project is going at the early draft ...
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July 1, 2009
June 18, 2009
- http://www.writingsalons.com/class-descriptions/introcw-pritchett/ Nine Wednesdays, July 22nd-Sept. 16th, 7-9:30 p.m. $335 members/$365 others San FranciscoThink you want to write, but not sure where to start? “Good news,” says Jenny Pritchett, “it’s all about you!” In this fun, fast-paced class for beginners, you’ll use your own experiences and observations – your unique movement ...
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June 8, 2009
- Reading Louis Menand’s feature, “Show or Tell, Should Creative Writing be taught?” in The New Yorker, June 8 – 15. What’s surprising, speaking personally, is the intensity of this longing I have to teach. Working as a (part-time) editor-consultant-coach to a few selected writers, but it’s the university teaching I’m missing, the urge to be in a classroom / seminar with poets and ...
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May 1, 2009
- Okay, last night I didn’t have an individual song on my mind. I was thinking about the trailer to an opera that I’m dying to see. The opera had a part in the film Amadeus that brought down the house of common folk.Do you remember what that opera was? I taught my starling to whistle the last aria in this trailer because it’s absolutely amazing.What is the Mystery Song Challenge? It’s just ...
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March 27, 2009
- How do readers connect with characters and care for them? When you begin to get to know a person you discover their good points and bad points, the latter becoming more obvious when you have to spend a few nights with them. The same could be said of the characters in a short story or novel. A hero that has nothing but good points or an antagonist with nothing but bad points would be ...
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March 23, 2009
- I've just started working on the new Inspector Andy Horton marine mystery; the sixth in the series. At first it all seems rather messy, lots of ideas and threads and none of them joined up enough to make a worthwhile plot, until yesterday that was.I do all my plot outlines and characters in pencil before starting the creative process but this time something was urging me to start typing on to ...
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March 19, 2009
- Saturday, May 9th, 10 a.m.-1 pm San Francisco$55 members/$65 others Special Package Deal: Take Jenny’s morning Submission workshop along with Lisa Alpine’s afternoon Self-Publishing workshop and get a discount: $95 for members, $115 for non-members. You must be sure to select the Submitting/Self-Publishing “Combo” option when you register.“When you truly believe a story or poem is ...
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