If you were to judge my reading habits by the reviews on this blog, you would probably think I read mostly YA fiction. But I don’t review every book I read and choose to focus on YA lit here because of my professional interest. I’ve decided to try and be more balanced in both my… Continue reading Oh, I Admit It. I’m Pretentious: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Tag: characters
NSWC Lesson #3: Getting to Know Your Character
Though I’ve done similar lists when developing my characters, a few of the prompts used during our character trait brainstorming exercise were not only ones I hadn’t used before, but they were also enlightening. What is your character’s most prized possession? There may not ever be a chance to reveal this in story, but I… Continue reading NSWC Lesson #3: Getting to Know Your Character
Weekend Character Workshop
I haven’t taken a creative writing course since high school. I Though I have a great group of writer-friends I’ve met online who critique my work and I give feedback on their writing, too. But I’ve never done any sort of in-person workshop. At least not with fiction. I’ve defended a thesis. I’ve worked on… Continue reading Weekend Character Workshop
Feel of Fact
“The imagination is in love with the feel of fact.” – John Bayley * In high school, I had an eccentric English teacher who often spoke in contradictory terms and used circular logic. She had this analogy for explaining paradox that goes like this. Pretend two ideas are socks. When you role them up, the… Continue reading Feel of Fact
Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: April 21-28
Here’s my collection of interesting posts from this week in my journeys around the web. ON WRITING Lauren Oliver posted a short, thoughtful piece on characters and how you have to be mean to them to sustain conflict. I’ve read Delirium, but not Before I Fall (I’m next on the hold list at the library,… Continue reading Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: April 21-28
wrapped up in books 