Archive for the ‘creative writing’ Category
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Discover the Joy of Creative Writing:
Creative writing workshop to help you write fiction or memoirs
Do you want to kick-start your inner writer? Has your writing hit a wall? When you sit down in front of the blank page, do you draw a blank? Do you want to feel more inspired? ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Excerpt from (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing
Almost every writing student has heard this rule: Show, not tell. It’s a solid rule, but the principle can be difficult to master.
Telling is the reliance on simple exposition: Mary was an old woman.
Showing, on the other hand, uses evocative description:
Mary moved ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
A new trailer for the book (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing has been posted on YouTube. You can play it here; if you scroll down to the links below the book trailer, you can link to 9 creative writing exercises and excerpts from the book.
Creative writing exercises and excerpts ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Think about how you react to what you read.
Which do you prefer: flat, two-dimensional characters or fully developed characters who seem to live and breathe? I think you know my take on this, and infusing your characters—when and where appropriate in a story—with emotions that are real and raw ...
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Excerpt from (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing:
Creative writing often starts with a journey through childhood. Here are a few words that I would like to share with you:
“When I stated writing I started from childhood. I never write about where I am right now. It takes a while to ...
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Modified excerpt from (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing
Character Differentiation
So that your characters don’t all look alike, sound alike and act alike, characters should have distinct features. It is particularly important for you to know your main characters well—to have a solid sense of who they are. Yes, there can ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love", speaking at the TED conference takes a new look at an old take on creativity and muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses. (I particularly like hearing about the roots of "genius".)
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Adapted from the Journey Through Childhood chapter of (re)Discover the Joy of Creative Writing.
Where do ideas come from? Nobody really knows. All I know is that I can stare out the window hoping that inspiration strikes, or I can use creative tools to inspire it to strike. One of ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
F R A G M E N T S
By PAUL LIMA
The kid believes in Jack Frost,
especially on winter mornings
when he discovers a frozen forest
more magical than any arctic landscape
etched upon his bedroom window.
He scrapes a ragged shiver through
the scene with well-chewed fingernails, ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
My Father Did Not Fight in the War
By PAUL LIMA
My father did not fight in the war
Instead he broke rock
In the north country
Laid wide beds of rubble
Poured long winding streams
Of hot asphalt and slowly
Painfully forged meandering
Blacktop that became Trans-Canada
My father did not ...
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