Archive for March, 2014

More than a Twist Ending

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Revisiting The Classics on March 31, 2014

by Darlene Cah I had to read “The Lottery” in one of my high school English classes. At the time, I was more interested in dragging paint across a silk screen with a squeegee than thinking about the deep meaning of stories. Not that I wasn’t interested in English. I loved it. It was easy […]

Darlene Cah, literary classic, Shirley Jackson The Lottery, short stories, writing

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Can You Get There From Here? Using the Canon As Your Pole Star to Success

Posted by Ron Hayes in Ron on March 23, 2014

by Ron Hayes I’m a big fan of Modernism. Have been since discovering Hemingway’s short stories as a Marine Biology major in my first failed attempt at college in the 80s. A decade later, in my successful second stint in college, I was overjoyed to discover that Hemingway had a bunch of cronies whose work […]

allusions, Eliot, Hemingway, Modernism, Modernists, poetry, Pound, Revisiting the Classics, Ron Hayes, writing, writing advice

Are You Obligated to Finish What You Start? (Or, When to Put A Bad Book Down) by Brad Windhauser and Ron Hayes

Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Ron, Special Editions on March 19, 2014

Are You Obligated to Finish What You Start? (Or, When to Put A Bad Book Down) by Brad Windhauser and Ron Hayes How do readers in general and writers specifically feel about putting a book down before they finish? Should they feel guilty? Does this say something about the person that they can’t/don’t finish something, […]

Brad Windhauser, fiction, poetry, Reading as Writers, Reading the classics, Ron Hayes

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Re-reading the Classics: Uncovering the Precision Crafting in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” by Brad Windhauser

Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Revisiting The Classics on March 13, 2014

Re-reading the Classics: Uncovering the Precision Crafting in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” by Brad Windhauser One of the best things you can do for your sense of your craft is to read. Even better: taking the time to revisit something that has grown dusty on the shelf, a story or book which you read […]

A Rose for Emily, Brad Windhauser, fiction, Point of view, role of narrator in point of view, Use of structure in fiction, William Faulkner

David Bowie’s Codpiece and Other Shattered Childhood Images

Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Revisiting The Classics on March 7, 2014

by Jennie Jarvis “Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.” When I was growing up, I loved the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth. It was a fantastical coming of age film about a young girl (a then unknown Jennifer Connolly) trying to save her kidnapped younger brother […]

1980s movies, Books, Frozen, Goonies, Jennie Jarvis, Labyrinth, Meanings in Children's Stories, movies, NeverEnding Story, Rewatching Your Favorite Films, Secret of Nimh

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Special Edition: What’s the Difference between New Adult and Young Adult Fiction?

Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, Special Editions on March 3, 2014

5writers is happy to welcome to our site, guest blogger Jill Elaine Hughes. Jill Elaine Hughes is a Chicago-based freelance journalist specializing in personal finance, careers, and health/wellness issues. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Chicago Reader, Phoenix Forward, and many regional magazines. She is also a New Adult novelist. […]

Corvisiero Literary Agency, how to write a novel, Jill Elaine Hughes, New Adult versus Young Adult, pubtips

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