I spent some time today flipping through English Grammar Workbook for Dummies, because why not, and it struck me how much I’d forgotten from English class. If you are like me, you went over grammar in grade school and never heard about it again until college when your Creative Writing instructor commented on your prodigious … Continue reading English Grammar (for Dummies?)
Category: Writer’s Woes
When Do I Start Calling Myself a “Writer?”
That's a trick question, right? I had a writing professor as an undergrad that defined a "writer" as someone who got paid to write. I disagree. It's like saying you're not anything unless you get paid to do it. We are all a lot of things that we choose to be - I write because … Continue reading When Do I Start Calling Myself a “Writer?”
Sensory Details
We've been talking details in class, more specifically, sensory details. Our exercise was to take a scene and write it in one sense other than the visual. I choose 'touch.' Oh my goodness - this was a mind-opening exercise. I didn't realize how much I relied of the visual sense, or how much I ignored … Continue reading Sensory Details
