in writing. and it's true! great writers often do ignore these rules. shakespeare famously made up words and grammatical constructions to suit his ends, for instance. my response - and sincere belief - is that knowing the rules intimately allows writers to deliberately break them in intentional...
Many of the writers I’ve taught in the past struggle with creating things that are unique. Commonly, fiction writers who want to be published aim toward genres with certain conventions and tropes, which make the book sellable. This tendency is good for saleability, but it can make a writer...
I have a philosophy, let’s say, when I’m in the car with my wife. Sometimes she’ll point out something, like “look out” or “car’s coming” or any number of other alerts, advisories, or guidance. And then she’ll apologize for backseat driving, acknowledging that I probably a...
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Taggedpet peeves,tropes,writing,writing choices5 Comments Thoughts Bit of Luck – LOT of Passion July 22, 2019Krista Walsh I’ve had a lot of reason to think about what it takes to run your own business, lately. What qualifies assuccess? When do you know you’ve “made it”?
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*Yes, I know this is not a theme, and my creative writing teacher would mark me down for this, but I wanted to add something about this here. When this path is unlocked, each sentence expands the story, new details fleshing out the narrative, altering the meaning of the sentence, yet...
Skip friends and family for this step. They love you and have heard all about your writing dreams. They are proud of all the work you’ve put in and will read your work with rose colored glasses, giving you rave reviews. They might even see the Mona Lisa. Instead: ...
{EDIT} Ok, so technically this is being edited in before it launches, but more info that I uncovered after writing everything above... Diving further into this rabbit hole reveals that the parent organization (MSCHF, short for mischief I assume) behind Tax Heaven 3000 has done other stunts...
I took the cue and put down the streaming mic for the weekend, my first real break since we started last year in July. And that leads us to today, where the biggest thing sitting on my plate is this. I’m glad to be writing this, to be honest about what’s going on and the ...