Teresa Fannin, reader, writer, gardener, chocolate fan & tea drinker
Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan famously said “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Clever and pithy. Like the term originating in the midst of World War II when chaos was more reliable than not, SNAFU [situation normal/all f**ked up] works with Reagan’s comment–government is unreliable by its nature.
The twenty-first century has brought us SHELTER IN PLACE. Continue reading
Last year at the SCBWI Carolinas fall conference one of our presenters was Daniel Nayeri. If you don’t know Daniel, find out about him. His most recent publication is, well, it’s a box. How To Tell A Story. [Workman Press] It is about writing creatively. Probably more for a *kid* audience than an adult one, it is a ‘restart your brain’ sort of box. A way to test your own ability to write as well as letting you *see* the way a story unfolds.
This year my critique group–soup–has decided to use HTTAS as writing exercises. At a group meeting we roll the blocks. For our first exercise–not sure where we started–here’s what we had to work with Continue reading
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