I was in my early 20s. My sister was driving us both to church after an ice storm in Minnesota that left the roads as slippery as ice skating rinks! We were out on a country road when up ahead we saw a car stopped with its left turn blinker on at a three-way intersection. […]
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Haunted Heart I happened upon it so I’ll tell the odd taleOf a heart that dwells where the cold winds wailOn a dark lonely street where shadows are castIn a town I once found in my heartless old past Searching for answers, warmed by sunlightThat town nearby was dark like a nightLost with no hope […]
In my last semester of college, on the first day of my poetry class, I watched curiously for my new poetry professor. He came through the door maneuvering on crutches; his legs were bent and his knees turned in as he made his way to his desk at the front of the room under the […]
I once read an article about the Beatles- an interview with Paul McCartney. He said that at first when they were starting out, their songwriting wasn’t very good. But because they loved it, they stayed with it. After awhile they became quite good at songwriting! (Ya think?) When the Beatles were at their height of popularity, […]
Haste Haste boils When one should simmer And cries RUN! When one should ponder
“…Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words…” Time. Just once, I’d give anything to have been a fly on the wall of Robert Frost’s office; poised on the window near where Mr. Frost sat, watching as he bounced things around in his head, perhaps chewing on a pencil end […]
Some things I do to have extra writing time: I dye my own hair. I realized that by the time I drive to the Hair Salon, wait for my turn, wait for my hair color to set, get the extra color rinsed out, and pay and return home, that I’ve used up a good amount […]
Stories that move forward smoothly keep the reader reading! Cause and effect writing keep the pace. So which below is better writing? Terrified, he ran to the police station. He knew that a crime was about to happen. A crime was about to happen. Terrified, he ran to the police station. Which is cause and […]
For Christmas, my husband surprised me with an AlphaSmart 3000; basically a typewriter with memory~ He got it used (included a USB cable to download work to a printer or computer) on Ebay- for $29.00 . Suffice it to say, writing is more prolific when there are no internet distractions with all those articles, Facebook scrollings, and […]
Many have declared that it is better NOT to outline. Thereby, the story carries itself. The writer ‘feels’ their way through to the end… Others have said that an Outline is best as therefore the story is organized and does NOT take off in directions that may lead to nowhere. I’m currently working on a novel. Definitely […]
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