Source: Writing Craft: How Point-of-View Affects Dialogue
Writing Craft: How Point-of-View Affects Dialogue
Source: Writing Craft: How Point-of-View Affects Dialogue
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Ten Tips for Writing While Quarantined
Here’s hoping none of you are infected. But if it happens…
by Brenda Ridley
Assuming that you are up and about during the COVID-19 pandemic, you could view this period of social distancing as an unexpected gift to your writing life. That’s the attitude I’ve adopted as I decide how to use my time while exiled from my job for two weeks.
Last week, Pennsylvania’s governor ordered schools state-wide closed to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The small independent school where I double as admissions coordinator and office manager complied. While the risk to our students of COVID-19 exposure is probably low, we could not in good conscience remain open while 99% of the schools in Philadelphia shut down. Ours is a very small school but, luckily, one with digital resources that teachers can use for online instruction. Most of my work time is spent on the phone, making sure that teachers have the resources they need, the office runs…
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Finishing my PhD
I intend to finish my creative writing PhD this year. At the moment it looks like a daunting task because I have to finish my +80 000 word historical novel plus a 20 000 word reflective essay. Every time I have to write the first person 'I' to articulate my personal views it freaks … Continue reading Finishing my PhD
Submissions for anthology
I'm pleased to work on this project 🙂 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: CULTURE AND THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN SOUTH AFRICA…BOOK PROJECT Submissions should be in the form of articles, essays, interviews, personal memoirs, eulogies, biographies, and visual images (paintings, posters, photographs, etc.) Submission of material is open to all participants regardless of nationality. Submissions should bear the … Continue reading Submissions for anthology
CONTINUE: a poem
Love this poem
Maya Angelou
My wish for you
Is that you continue
Continue
To be who and how you are
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness
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To allow humor to lighten the burden
Of your tender heart
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In a society dark with cruelty
To let the people hear the grandeur
Of God in the peals of your laughter
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To let your eloquence
Elevate the people to heights
They had only imagined
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Goodbye to 2019
I’ve had a challenging year, with betrayal of one kind or another, but in spite of that there have been highlights. Three poems were accepted for Highveld Poetry Review and a flash fiction story published in ‘Through the Looking Glass: an anthology’. I found an editor for my upcoming poetry collection, had an order for … Continue reading Goodbye to 2019
New ways of writing poetry
Wordsworth's definition of poetry: "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility" I’m doing this online course ‘How to make a poem’ presented by Manchester Metropolitan University on Future Learn and I’m enjoying it tremendously. The title caught my attention because one hardly thinks of writing poetry … Continue reading New ways of writing poetry
How to submit a short story
As promised the follow-up on how to submit a short story. First we have to make sure it is our best work. The following websites are helpful to achieve this goal: For plotting, writers block, revision techniques, writing mistakes, writing prompts, etc. Free downloads, exercises and advice from Writer's digest 12 lessons learned from writing … Continue reading How to submit a short story
How to format for submission
As you know in order for you to be taken seriously you have to cast your masterpiece in the correct format. Enter William Shunn. He has saved me time and again. Below is an example of how to format a poem for submission to a publication. Next week we'll have a look at how to … Continue reading How to format for submission
Alliance of Independent Authors
I just renewed my subscription to the Alliance of Independent Authors. Here are some of the services and benefits your membership facilitates: Advice: Author Advice Centre: www.selfpublishingadvice.org Member guides, from in-depth guidebooks to quick and easy guides Bi-annual Online Self-Publishing Conference Quarterly Member Magazine, The Indie Author Monthly webinars and workshops and member questions answered Weekly podcast: Beginner and advanced salons, Indie … Continue reading Alliance of Independent Authors
Cornelia Smith Fick 