Archive for July, 2008
Writer’s Block versus The Head Cornerstone! A mighty battle!
July 30, 2008
Dear Writers,
I wouldn’t exactly say I am on a roll, like some blog-crazy youngster, but I do feel the need to write more on writing, this big mystery, not as great a mystery as determining the location and nature of evil, or understanding what love actually is, but it is a grand mystery [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under Beyond writer's block, Creative Process, News; things to look for.
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Character’s voice? Neruda said, “Speak through my words and my blood.”
July 15, 2008
The re-entry into writing a blog after so long is a little thorny. Along the road, here is a wonderful quote from Faulkner’s Light in August, in which Mrs. Hines, Joe Xmas’s grandma, muses after his death:
“It is because so much happens. Too much happens.”
Alfred Kazin mentions this in his essay, “The Past [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Character Development, Creative Process.
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