i recently came across a very strange blog called the bichy witch. it is exactly the kind of writing that i hope every writer tries to avoid. a friend and i read through some of the author of this blog’s poetry, and laughed a great deal. sure, anyone can write. the Internet makes it possible [...]
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the bichy witch.
Posted in good writing, poetry on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
epiphanies.
Posted in good writing, hope on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
one of my favorite authors is james joyce. i have read his collection of short stories, dubliners, and it just increases my respect for joyce. he uses free indirect discourse a great deal in his writing. free indirect discourse is just a type of narration that combines elements of first-person direct speech with the third-person [...]
non fiction vs. fiction.
Posted in good writing on April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i think its important to be able to write fiction and non fiction. fiction writing is hard to accomplish on its own–i understand that. its a process. revision after revision is necessary, and a piece of writing is never truly finished. there is always something more that can be done to any piece. when a [...]
wordsmith extraordinaire.
Posted in good writing on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
this blog has been on my reader for a while, and i have to say, i like it a lot. the author, jill terry, sometimes has the tendency to be a bit sentimental in her work, which i loathe, but overall, she is quite nice to read. i like to be open minded when it [...]
lust & other stories.
Posted in good writing on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i just got done reading a collection of short stories called Lust & Other Stories by Susan Minot. t is an excellent read, i must say. i read the title story, “Lust,” last year during my fiction class and absolutely fell in love with the author. her writing style mimics mine in a lot of [...]
wayne’s world.
Posted in good writing, new stuff on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i like to consider myself an eclectic person–with music, movies, friends, literature, most anything. i am a huge fan of well written songs, though. some of the best lyrics i’ve ever heard are from copeland. lead singer, aaron marsh, is a lyrical genius. they have a new ep available on itunes. you should check it [...]
happy valentine’s day. not.
Posted in good writing on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
valentine’s day has just recently come and gone, and i think that it tends to bring out a bit of overdramatization and sappyness in some writers. why do people feel the need to make a poem bleed? or to make a short story as unnecessarily over the top as possible? good writing does not mean [...]
