Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Something completely different? OK, so, out of all the elements that make up a good story – which would I tell a novice they should take the time to study up on? You’re asking me? Really? English usage? Strike one – C.J. gone done that…
I Think, Therefore I am Not Blocked…
by David Sartof •
Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Ok. Now let me see… it’s, what? 22:30? (…so the little digital time piece in the corner of my Windows 7 task-bar tells me). That is… precisely… one hour and thirty minutes within which I have this target to complete a post on writer’s block!…
A Very Public Encounter
by David Sartof •
Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Dylan Who? Not Bob, surely? A good friend suggested, when I mentioned that I was about to attend my first literary luncheon as a published author, that I should do a “Dylan Thomas” – “Just wear a scarf, drink a lot of alcohol, and you’ll…
It gets deeper… (the river, that is!)
by David Sartof •
Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Well, this week, I’m following the lead of C.J. and Greg, and opting to give you a taste of my work in progress. A simple explanation… I have mentioned before that I am a very poor reader. I don’t actually follow a great deal, so…
Yellow Beehives, Lipstick Teeth & Favorite Authors
by David Sartof •
Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Today, I am joined by my guest, Kate Porelli. One of the joys I have found since beginning to write fiction in earnest, and making that writing available on the internet, is coming to know a whole new bunch of exciting and interesting people, some…
VERBAL REASONING… Improvisation on-line, 101
by David Sartof •
Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog… http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Not the usual suspects… I, too, am a fan of on-line tools such as dictionaries and a good thesaurus. And, as for Wikipedia? Well, I find it a brilliant tool, despite the limitations of knowledge validation (which are, frankly, and in my humble opinion, in…