COMPLIMENTARY Workshop with Anne Randolph Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St. Saturday, June 26 2 to 4 pm Cost: Free (Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers) What drives your writing? Do you write from your core? Do characters have the same drive as you? Do you use an authentic voice? In this interactive workshop, YOU […]
From my new book Soup Kitchen Writing: An Easy Guide to Kitchen Table Writing, I list the 10 Rules for “Fresh Writing.” Rule #4: Go with the flow. Check the critic at the door. When we begin our writing sessions, before we have clicked into the zone of writing, sometimes the critic slips in on […]
Why practice writing? Remember the joke: A tourist asks a New York native: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer: … Practice.” To play the piano, we practice. The baseball pitcher practices. What makes us think we can write without practice. Here is the start of 10 Steps to Practice Writing from “Rules […]