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Christi Craig is a native Texan living in Wisconsin, working by day as a sign language interpreter and moonlighting as a writer. She leads a creative writing class at a retirement center and a Roundtable at Redbird-Redoak Writing. She is a regular contributor at Write It Sideways and an Editorial Assistant for COMPOSE: A Journal of Simply Good Writing. Her stories and essays have appeared online and in print, and she was a Finalist in Glimmer Train's Family Matters Competition.
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Tag Archives: character development
Plan the Story, Meet Your Characters.
I used to believe that my best writing happened while under pressure and without a plan. Pick a prompt, jump on a first line, go.That strategy still works for small projects, but when I approach a longer, more complex story … Continue reading
Pumping Up Your Image
During one of the early writing classes I took, I received a red envelope from my instructor, Ariel Gore. This wasn’t just any red envelope. It was small and was decorated with Vietnamese characters written in gold. A drawing of … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, writing
Tagged Ariel Gore, character development, characters, fiction, imagery, memoir, perspective in writing, Rewrites, writing, writing exercise, writing process, writing questions
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On Stanley Kunitz, Memoir, and Fiction
Sitting in my critique group the other night, it was Stanley Kunitz who came to mind as we discussed the challenges in writing memoir. Not because Stanley Kunitz wrote memoir, but because his poem, The Layers, seemed to answer the … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Novel, writing
Tagged character development, fiction, Novel, poetry, Rewrites, Stanley Kunitz, writing
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The Mother, The Writer: History repeats itself.
When I was pregnant with my first child, experienced parents approached me and my rounded belly and always smiled an empathetic smile. One by one, they hinted at what I was in for once that baby arrived: no sleep, life … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Novel, writing
Tagged Amy Tan, character development, fiction, Larry Brooks, Novel, Ray Bradbury, Rewrites, writing
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