Archive for April, 2012

Writing Tip #25: The Big Picture

~ This writing tip refers to the book Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad. This book is a “must read,” in my opinion and to read a previous Book Talk on this book, Click Here.

It’s hard to know what you are writing about, in a novel or in a memoir. …

Writing Tip #24: The Art & Necessity of Set Up

When it comes to telling the story of your life or any story for that matter, there is a reader who must be “brought up to speed.” We see this in shows that have a sequence to them or are …

Writing Tip #22: Spirituality

The Dalai Lama says, “religion is a luxury, kindness is not.”

What I hear in these words is practicality.

There is another Tibetan saying, “consider all beings Buddha, but keep your hand on your wallet.”

Again, the …

Writing Tip #23: Take Your Writing to the Reader

Writing is a solitary craft until it is not. There will be a point, in every writers life, where she will look around for a group. To share the writing is to refine the writing. The reason many of us do not venture forth bravely into this terrain is fear. We …