Posts Tagged short story
Who Am I?
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Writing The Other on November 19, 2015
By Darlene Cah I am a young Latina woman who sees Jesus’ face on a window shade in her apartment in the projects. I am an elderly male, Afro-American, Jazz bassist, who connects with a white mission woman in the audience through music. I am a white, lower middle-class, Italian-American woman who elopes with a […]
Blame it on Black Beauty
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Growing Up A Writer on September 26, 2014
By Darlene Cah Sometime in third grade at Our Lady of Grace Elementary School in Brooklyn, Miss Demik changed the life of a fat kid from the projects. Yeah, that would be me. The young teacher brought in a copy of Black Beauty, and read one chapter every day to the class. It was like […]
A Short Guide to Guidelines
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Getting Published on June 19, 2014
By Darlene Cah You finished your story. That in itself warrants a celebration, so take a minute to congratulate yourself, because the nitty-gritty work is about to begin. You workshop it. Revise it. Workshop it. Revise. Breathe. Revise. Pull your hair out. Revise. Eat bags of Hershey’s Kisses. Revise. Finally, your story is ready to […]
Please Refer to the Diagram
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Grammar on March 5, 2013
I failed ruler in third grade. Though I couldn’t be trusted to take an accurate measurement, the notched wooden implement with the metal edge did serve a useful purpose in my young life: drawing precise lines and angles to diagram sentences. I’m pretty sure that was the same year I won the class spelling bee, […]
The Next Big Thing! (Darlene)
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Special Editions on December 30, 2012
Last week Linda was tagged as part of a chain of authors called THE NEXT BIG THING. Now, all of us at 5Writers are joining the chain, providing some insight into our current projects—in my case a project I’d set aside and intend to restart. Once we’re done, we are passing on some info about […]
A Conversation about Dialogue
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Dialogue on November 12, 2012
I was in a two-session writing from prompts workshop recently and one participant mentioned that he was scared of writing dialogue. He didn’t like it and thought he wasn’t good at it. Turns out he wasn’t as awful as he thought and with some tips and encouragement, he began to feel more confident, even two […]
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