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Point of View

Every story implies a storyteller. Every storyteller implies a point of view. Point of view as a technical term refers

Storytelling

The need to produce and consume stories is hard-wired into the human species. Through story, we massage the randomness and

Hotspots

You feel moved to write about a particular subject, and soon you have some paragraphs, maybe even pages. They may

In Continuing Praise of the Verb

Of all parts of speech, verbs carry the greatest potential to energize sentences. The more we load meaning into them,

All Parts of Speech Not Created Equal

We learned in elementary school to build sentences out of five different types of words. Verbs generate action; nouns flesh

Could You be More Specific?

Creative writers share one goal: to capture life on the page. It’s a goal we can never reach. For how

Showing Versus Telling

Since education is designed to produce members of society who will function logically and efficiently, most of us graduate from

Returning to Our Senses

Creative writing starts with creative perception: it’s a mantra worth repeating. A special alertness to the information coming in through

How to Begin?

The question pops up at three different stages of writing. Depending on the situation prompting it, it yields three different

Fits and Starts

Why are beginnings so tough? Something stirs in your imagination, a bright idea that while you are speeding on the

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