For the third day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is to choose another of the character names from Day One and interview that character. Today I’ll interview Davenna Dale Byron. The Questions I’m using the same questions from Day 2 that I adapted from Novel Writing: 10 Questions You Need toContinue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 3: Second Character Interview”
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RNLN Attempt 8: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Overview: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is an intimate look at a philosopher’s wife, her husband, and eight children and their guests at a summer house. The young son wants to take the boat trip to the Lighthouse but the weather is not cooperating and he is very disappointed. The novel is told inContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 8: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf”
Character-Building Challenge Day 2: Ten Question Interview
For the second day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is to choose one of the character names from yesterday and ask that character ten questions. It’s going to be hard to choose just one. I liked a lot of the names I came up with yesterday, and they are all somehowContinue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 2: Ten Question Interview”
Character-Building Challenge Day 1: Names
Happy first of March. Today is the first day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge. The first prompt is to create ten character names. New Character Names For today’s names I used my Character Creation Spreadsheet and a random number generator. Middle names made a big difference to me this morning, and when aContinue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 1: Names”
Abstraction, Expression, and Sonification
I looked at expression as an abstract noun back at the beginning of my study in April of 2022, and created a facial expression out of wire for my images. But today, I’m exploring “a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc., without words” and communication of emotion through art. In Photography and the Art ofContinue reading “Abstraction, Expression, and Sonification”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 7: A Widow For One Year by John Irving
Procedural Tips I did it! I finally read A Widow for One Year by John Irving. I finally understand the title that’s been sitting on my shelf for what seems like forever. It took a half a day longer than I thought it would, and it felt like I had run a 10K when IContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 7: A Widow For One Year by John Irving”
On a blanket in the wildflowers counting shooting stars
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about a kiss or kissing. On a blanket in the wildflowers counting shooting stars It’s a waiting gameonce the thought beginsit grows and becomes all encompassinga wish in the abyssevery look a questionevery sigh a possible signevery motion a suggestioneach inch an invitationContinue reading “On a blanket in the wildflowers counting shooting stars”
Abstract as a Verb
This last week my images were inspired by some things I read in Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson. He says, “The expressive quality of a photograph depends on the photographer’s ability to abstract, that is, to separate the parts from the whole. Abstracting is recognizing both the basic from of somethingContinue reading “Abstract as a Verb”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Now that I’ve explored my process of Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) for a while, I thought I would combine my RNLN focus post with my Contradictory Abstractions post on Tuesday, but then we had surprise snow and the sun came out, so I took a snow day. Then yesterday was the Heron TreeContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
Procedural Tips Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey is the first novel in this series that I read on my tablet. Using the Kindle functions were more difficult, even frustrating, on my tablet. When I attempted to highlight with my finger, the whole page moved. I had to place my finger, wait and then when theContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey”
Experience Writing 