creative writing
February 25, 2009
- I had the most wonderful time yesterday during my visit back to my old school, South Hampstead High School. (On the left is the poster they put up about my upcoming talk). I wrote to them when I saw they on the school's website that they had a Creative Writing club, something that hadn't been there in my time (a phrase I came to overuse considerably during my visit!). We arranged that I would ...
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January 18, 2009
- No, I'm not talking about that one thing all of us dread (and some of us don't believe exist) but a little block of inspiration I picked up from my local bookshop last year for £6.99. I only decided to use it this month and when I opened it up, I got the spark word "virus" so I came up with a short story that used that as part of its plot. I hope to be able to send it, along with a ...
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January 4, 2009
- http://www.writingsalons.com/class-descriptions/intro-to-creative-writing-jenny/INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING -- Having fun with the fundamentalsNine Wednesdays, Jan. 28th-March 25th, 7-9:30 pm; San Francisco$335 members/$365 others Think 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, ...
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December 22, 2008
- It is difficult for me to blog on this subject as I am days away from interviewing candidates for an entry level tenure track position in early modern literature and individuals reading this post will probably include individuals prepping to impress me. However, Scott’s post is important and I thought I would offer up my two cents.First, I love the MLA when it comes to tracking stats. A ...
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December 11, 2008
- I can certainly empathize with Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, the author mentioned in the wonderful Rachel Swan's East Bay Express article below, who made the decision to "bury" her novel, Family Plots, when she couldn't sell it to a New York publishing house. Hey, it wasn't as if Mary didn't give it the ol' college try. According to the article she spent years writing ...
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November 29, 2008
- It began at midnight on November 1st.50,000 words.30 days.Impossible.I have wanted be a novelist for about, well, since 6th grade, so-- five-ish years. In 6th grade, I began working on my first project. It was about Princess Katwinelle who's mother was dying and only she could save her by going on this big quest along with the son of a book binder named Darron. Their goal: to kill the Dark Lord ...
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November 13, 2008
- Just as I predicted, right before grades are due the students compliment me more, and want to touch me. This is to a certain extent about grades, and wanting to seduce the teacher into a higher mark. We as teachers need to show the students other models for interacting with members of the opposite sex in a professional setting--other ways besides flirtation and babying. We care about them ...
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October 11, 2008
- I want to study creative writing and philosophy. Since my freshman year in college everyone has been telling me that the two don't mix. Frankly, I'm tired of hearing it. The problem is, I'm not well read enough. If someone asked me what Bad Faith is, I couldn't even give them a clear response. I need to remedy that.I was listening to this wonderful lecture by James Baldwin today. "What a ...
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September 26, 2008
- I am teaching a Writing Poetry course next semester, and while I have a curriculum in place, I’d like to change things up a bit and try out some exercises that have worked well for others, which is where you come in. Plus, there are PRIZES!* My students will range in age from 18 - 84 (it’s true!). The average age is about 20.* The students have taken a basic Creative Writing course in the ...
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September 8, 2008
- I’ve just finished writing the first draft of a new DI Horton marine mystery crime novel with a feeling of relief and exhilaration. Of course, this is nowhere near the finished version, in fact there are chunks missing at the end of the novel (although the last chapter is there of a kind), and not all the facts tie up and certainly the clues and red herrings aren’t all in place. But now I ...
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