I think a lot about words. How they are used. How sentences come together. At a recent writer’s retreat, Jill Santopolo suggested that one of the ways to determine the voice of the character was through word choice. If my character says, “That’s totally cool!” You almost automatically think teenager. But if the character says, “That is…
Category: Art & Craft
Lists, Usage thereof
There should be a List Anonymous. Like for alcoholics, it’s an addiction. To make a list is to be able to organize what usually is a bit of chaos. At least for me, it felt like I was bringing some certainly into an uncertain world. Not that my world was ever difficult. It was pretty…
Review: Dominion
Angels. Both the good guys and the bad guys. The Father is gone and apparently no one knows where. Which is strange because where could God go? To another universe? Is he hiding? It’s obvious in this TV show God has left mankind to it’s fate and the angels are fighting over it. Michael and…
Problems with Outlining
I’ve recently attended several programs that include the writing issue of plotting and structure. Yea! I like that, because I am basically a plot kinda person. Almost more than the character, although the characters have always mattered, because, after all who is it that gets you into the story? The quintessential book of my childhood…
Online Classes
I am not a fan of online classes, although I probably should think of it more as what we used to call ‘independent study’. I always liked independent study when I could speed through the parts that I felt comfortable with and linger over the parts that were more complex. I just finished a fourteen…