History, Real Life, and Faith
I’m in the middle of rewriting a novel and have come to the hardest part–I’m recasting the middle. Traditionally, novels have to work extra hard in their center sections. The beginning sets the storyline, gets the hero into trouble and starts the hero on the road to fulfillment, or at least an ending. The ending of the novel, of course, brings…
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Killing my darlings is the order of the day. The term, “killing my darlings,” has been attributed to a number of writers from William Faulkner to Allen Ginsburg, but it boils down to writers need to be ruthless in their personal editing. They need to really think about lines they love and consider getting rid of them for the sake…
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A magical whale watching trip off Cape Cod
Mrs. Ule’s Mean and Cruel Summer School had a point
Reaching a goal by working backwards
The Scorpion horror and her Titanic predecessor.