I’ve been so busy with “stuff,” I almost forgot to post about the beginning of a new course that I am enrolled in. It’s Fiction Writing through Gotham Writing Workshop, led by the same instructor as my previous Creative Writing 101, Chip Livingston. It’s week two, in which we learn about CHARACTER. This week’s assignment [...]
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Flash Fiction: Storyteller
Posted in Flash Fiction, tagged Creative writing, flash fiction challenge, forest, story, writing on March 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I found her in the forest, where light and shadow romp in a fanciful dance; where timid light slinks away with a hint of a cloud in the sky; where earth is soft with moss and air is filled with the smells of tree bark and sap and damp dirt. She was sitting motionless in her [...]
Creative Writing 101: Lessons Learned
Posted in Writing, tagged chip livingston, Creative nonfiction, Creative writing, Fiction writing, Literary Nonfiction, Literature, Writer, Writer Resources, writing, Writing Exercises on March 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
My GWW creative writing 101 is on the home stretch and will soon approach the finish line. I’ve submitted my last assignment for peer feedback — not without heart palpitations and butterflies launching attacks on my stomach. A couple of good comments from my classmates assuaged my anxiety, but I wasn’t as lucky as some [...]
How legends are born
Posted in Creativity, Digital Art, Flash Fiction, Writing, tagged Creative writing, Fantasy, flash fiction, story, writing on February 28, 2012 | 15 Comments »
She floated in darkness, tranquil, like an autumn leaf on a puddle, when, from an ocean of nothingness, a tiny speck of light the size of an ant’s eye blinked shyly and lodged at the base of her soul. As she focused on the light, it began to swirl and shimmer, vibrating and expanding, until [...]
“Talent can be taught.” An interview with Chip Livingston, poet, writer, teacher.
Posted in Creativity, Writing, tagged chip livingston, Creative writing, Fiction, gotham writer's workshop, Poetry, talent, Tim Dlugos, writing on February 15, 2012 | 16 Comments »
Chip Livingston is the author of the poetry collection Museum of False Starts. His fiction and non-fiction are also widely published, in journals including Ploughshares, Cincinnati Review, Potomac Review, Court Green, Subtropics, and Crazyhorse. He holds a BS in Journalism and a BA in English from the University of Florida, an MA in Fiction Writing from [...]
How to Kill a Story
Posted in Writing, tagged Creative writing, Fiction, Online Writing, Writers Resources on February 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever killed a story? A story that you are trying to tell. I bet you are thinking, why on earth would I want to kill my story? Really, WHY? Yet, many people do that every day. They write their stories (articles, news releases, novels, reports, essays, blog posts etc.) and kill them on [...]
Inspiration Unlimited, or the Magic of Writing Morning Pages
Posted in Creativity, Reflections, Writing, tagged Creative writing, creativewriting, Free writing, inspiration, inspirations, Online Writing, Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), Writer, Writer Resources, Writing Exercises on January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments »
“… the first step toward being a writer is to hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.” Dorothea Brande First, please allow me to explain what morning pages are. In a nutshell, it’s a form of premeditated self-torture — of a sophisticated kind, mind you — for refined individuals like you and me. That [...]
Writing Exercise: Show Don’t Tell
Posted in Creativity, Writing, tagged Creative writing, creativity, show don't tell, writing, writing exercise on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my previous post, I would like to share with you what I’ve learned in my CW101 class so far. I’ll start with my second week’s assignment and skip week one. That one I’ll save for later, because it has the potential to become a full-fledged story, and I would like to [...]
Adventures in Creative Writing
Posted in Writing, tagged Arts, chip livingston, Creative writing, Learning, museum of false starts, Poetry, Writer, Writer Resources, writing, Writing Exercises on January 30, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Taking creative writing classes has been my longtime desire, but until recently I haven’t had the courage to act on it. Unlike many aspiring writers, I never claim to have wanted to be a writer ever since I learned my first letters. Although I remember writing poems in secret. Once, in a summer camp, I [...]
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