Archive for category What I Write
A Writer Writes
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, What I Write on July 25, 2012
By Jennie Jarvis A writer writes… This sounds like a very straightforward and obvious concept, but it amazes me how many of my students seem to try to over-complicate this simple idea. Being a professor in an MFA program, all of my students are passionate about the stories that they want to tell, but many […]
What I Write Is Informed (Often) By What I Read
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, What I Write on July 11, 2012
Since reading and writing are connected, I thought I would focus on what I read. It took me a while to get on the contemporary fiction bandwagon (if you care to think of it like that). I was one of those lit students as an undergrad and as a grad student the first time around […]
What makes it to the page and how it gets there
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, How I Write, What I Write on July 6, 2012
Last month I performed a stunning, acrobatic, unscheduled dismount from my horse. If anyone had been there to witness this feat, I’m sure they would have been amazed at the grace this middle-aged woman of somewhat substantial weight displayed, as I was flung into the air at a surprising velocity—probably wailing a litany of less […]