I write for several reasons. Some days I write because I’ve stepped into a place, and my heart has stopped. My breathing turns short and shallow and I know there is a story to be told. And some days I write for a few of the same reasons Margaret Atwood has said she writes: To set down the past …
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Don’t just tell your story. Make it come alive.
I’ll be honest, my first attempts at writing short stories or essays turned out to be a series of rants and confessions — experiences that needed clearing before any real writing could take place. In those first few weeks of purging, I learned the difference between telling a story and writing a story. As Margaret …
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A Mother and A Writer
I love writing contests. If I’m not using the opportunity to tighten up a old story, then I’m off creating something new. And, once in a while, a contest sharpens my focus; it turns my perspective from outward to in. A contest I recently entered did exactly that. It gave me reason to examine – …