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Let’s assume that by "creative writing" you mean a piece of writing that at least potentially has an audience external to the writer. Let’s further assume that if it is prose, the format of the end product follows a fundamental three-part structure. The three-part structure involves: 1) a storyline built…
If you studied "creative writing" in college, what would you expect to study? For the most part, non-writers or beginning writers I’ve met have at least a partially erroneous idea.
Misconceptions break down, roughly, into two camps. People think in terms of creative writing having an audience of one: the…
For the most part, I find this one of the most enjoyable of the Dick Francis books. Certainly, the very first sentence of the book is a masterpiece of bringing the reader straight into compelling action and also in a single sentence and a very small number of words leaving…
By:
Christine Lebednik in
Book Reviews
Feb 13, 2012
This is actually one of my favorite of the Dick Francis books.
There was an interval of several years not too long after this book came out when I often ran into people who, in conversation, seemed suited to recommending they “discover” Dick Francis’s books. In some cases, I would…
By:
Christine Lebednik in
Book Reviews
Feb 13, 2012
This prime-the-pump type of book for writers who are struggling with one or more aspects of their writing has significant value as a tool during times of writing challenges.
The book consists of a series of unnumbered chapters which blend an examination by the author of some of the reasons…
By:
Christine Lebednik in
Book Reviews
Feb 13, 2012
Judicious choices of yarns of a different color than the color illustration associated with the pattern can make a distinctive, special touch for many kinds of knit or crocheted projects.
Depending on the particular pattern, you can accomplish this either less readily or more readily with an afghan or a…
I come from a family of knitters and crocheters. Most of the female members of the household I grew up in, which included a live-in grandmother, either knitted or crocheted at least at times and some had skills in both crafts.
One of the things that all of my family…
Choosing a different color than the color shown in the pattern illustration can contribute to your producing knitted or crocheted items with a special touch to them. For the crafter who makes a knitted or crocheted item as a gift, a carefully thought out color choice can lend a particularly…
With baby patterns there is a practical reason for making a different color choice than that shown in the pattern illustrations. Many patterns show baby items in either blue or pink, associated with either a boy or a girl baby. Since baby items are typically made ahead and back in…
Awareness of the different types of disciplines that have freelance potential always benefits the writer. While today’s freelancer most likely will find the greatest opportunities in the web content, business, and technical writing fields, there are still freelance opportunities in more traditional forms of publication. In certain instances, a writer…
More Explorations About
Heritage
I’m going to look, in this article, at actual synonyms for the term heritage. I hope to write several…
Is the Technical Writing
Profession Making A
Comeback?
In the more specialized areas of technical writing, the field has remained fairly solid according to…
Writerly Inspiration -
Lynn Woods Reservation
This particular special place deserves an article all on its own: since it has so much to offer in terms…
Sea Change In Collective
Writerly Mindset
The nature of writing for the so-called commercial market changes over time. Once, the craft of writing…
Writer Development
Activity – Reading Part
2
In this second of a two-part article on reading as a development activity for developing writers, I…
Survey Of Miscellaneous
Freelance Writing
Categories
Awareness of the different types of disciplines that have freelance potential always benefits the writer.…
Writer Learning
Experiences
A universal trait of writers, and particularly freelance writers, involves that they enjoy learning.…
Love Finds You In
Tombstone Arizona
Technically, the “Love Finds You” series is the Christian romance genre’s version of “category…
The Writer And Life Long
Learning
“Curiosity killed the cat. “ Ah, yes, but . . . “satisfaction brought it back.” Writers are…
When Am I An Author?
I’m going to deal with another subject that people who start out writing can get hung up on: what…