Monthly Archives: October 2011

Taking it all in on a Sunday.

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Christi

From The Forest for the Trees: “Everything you put on the page is a deliberate manipulation of what happened, written to keep the reader entertained, moved, sympathetic, horrified, scared, whatever. You are never writing what really happened. Instead, you are … Continue reading →

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In the spirit of NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Christi

Thirty days, 50,000 words, one first draft. That’s a sure-fire way to jump-start a novel. In a few weeks, writers from every walk of life will crack their knuckles and punch out that dreamy first line of a story that … Continue reading →

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In Bits and Pieces: Writing My Way to Understanding

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Christi

The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. ~ from The Forest for the Trees, by Betsy Lerner There it is, my reason for writing. So much of what I … Continue reading →

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