I’ve just read all the comments here with my hands shaking and my stomach churning the...held about my mother and my own origins since childhood.
Hmm, yup, whiny brat mode achieved… but seriously, I th...
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Funny how real life tends to be more fictional that actual fiction. Writing from experience, how difficult was it? Where does the story starts and the real life events end?
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This is an excellent topic. My guess is that most newbie writers suffer from the impression they have of "people of talent" in our business, as portrayed on the screen...
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~Shirley Chisholm
Alicia,
My surprise com...
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Hi Julie,
I don't have writer's block. I "dream" all my stories. I don't get them word for word so I have to review the scenes in my head and do my best to describe th...
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Hi Kim, Good points! Two months ago I shook hands with my protagonist by using John Irving's suggestion: "When in doubt, or whenever possible, tell the whole story of...
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Hi Alexandra:
Your story reminds me of an article I read sometime ago whereby a famous author, whose books have been adapted into big screen and TV movies, made a rema...
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Oh Nancy
but we are our books. They're like our shadow selves out in the world...with our thoughts, beliefs and hopes hidden underneath the fictional words. And my boo...
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I think I've become comfortable talking about my work because I meet with bookclubs and they not only ask me questions that make me think about my own work but someti...
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