The Fiction prompt in the March/April 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine is called “Family Recipe.” The prompt uses (assoc. link)Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi as inspiration and says, “a mysteriously powerful homemade gingerbread wends its way like a spell through multiple generations of friendships and familial relationships. At times it plays an integral role in the alienating forcesContinue reading “Integral Ingredient of Poetry”
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Contrasting Abstractions: The next phase in my study
The Writer’s Games have ended! I sent in my final story yesterday. Guests have left. The family is busy. I might get a full day to myself. And the sun is out. 😎 Hope and Despair Last week, inspired by some abstract art books: Abstraction in Art & Nature by Nathan Cabot Hale Abstracts InContinue reading “Contrasting Abstractions: The next phase in my study”
Craft Book Review: How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (Advanced Fiction Writing) (Volume 1) by Randy Ingermanson takes the unique tact of telling a story to teach storytelling. Why I picked it up: I liked the approach of building your novel in repeating smaller forms like a fractal. I wanted to see how he usedContinue reading “Craft Book Review: How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson”
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