Three other aspiring writers and I have been writing a short story a month for Elegant Literature Magazine since April. We’re given a prompt and…
An ‘elevator pitch’ is a carefully crafted speech that sales people design specifically to inflate curiosity and inspire business. When someone asks me, “What is…
There is a profound difference between the boredom that arises from being unoccupied and the stillness that accompanies a good daydream. In this era of…
I re-read one of the first short stories I wrote and I could barely get through it. There was so much I wanted to edit…
This post is one of my favourites. It is a re-cycle, with edits, from a post I wrote ten years ago; In her 2011 autobiography,…
“Draw what you like and hope others like it too”. Charles Schulz Substitute “create” for “draw” and that advice is suitable for any medium. As…
Just is such a handy word, isn’t it? A short story I’d written had the word ‘just’ in it 12 times. In a 2500 word…
No one knows a couple like the couple knows the couple. It just isn’t possible for anyone on the outside to fully understand the nuances…
Every week I spend some time stressing over my choice of topics for this blog. I scratch through my running list of possible ideas, pick…
My writing style has an affliction I refer to as comma-itis. Around and through my sentences and paragraphs are an abundance of commas. I tend…