Ah, as I write this post, I realize I’m starting “Beginnings” right after my post called “Finished”! Well, it’s appropriate, as one Writers Circle session ends and another starts, to have a discussion about first sentences. Choosing the right first few words for your story can be agonizingly difficult. In journalism, opening lines are called [...]
Posts Tagged ‘First Drafts’
Beginnings
Posted in Creative Writing, Finding your voice, Great Writers, inspiration, tagged Creative Writing, First Drafts, Great Writers, great writing, inspiration on June 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The Seductive First Draft
Posted in Creative Writing, tagged Creative Writing, discipline, endurance, First Drafts, inspiration, writing advice on March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been cleaning off my desk. It took longer than I thought, but these few weeks since I sent my manuscript to my agent have been fraught with minor illness and unexpected delays. Among the piles I found several half started articles, a couple of nearly finished essays, and a bunch of handwritten, spontaneous fictional [...]
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