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If your gift list includes a writer or a poet, it’s easy to buy a gift card for a local or online book seller. But by thinking creatively you can let the creative writer know you support and believe in their Continue reading Gifts for Creative Writers
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732 In 2010, bloggers around the world united to write about the same global issue, Water (see below Blog Action Day post originally published 10/15/2010). John Hawthorne’s 2016 article 4 Continue reading The Worth of Water
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don’t start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use Continue reading Great Rules of Writing
How do writers use the rule of three? As a chef I know the magic of three. Always garnish the plate with odd numbers, usually threes. Two raspberries looks OK nestled next to the creme brulee and the sprig of fresh Continue reading The Rule of Three in Creative Writing
“Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it.Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find Continue reading 10 Ways to Improve your Writing
This morning my gym was offering free 10 minute sport massages so I waited 30 minutes after class ended to take advantage of it. My backpack was filled with books to read while I waited, but a pen and my traveling notebook were Continue reading an owl’s warm feathers
The only problem/ with Haiku is that you just/ get started and then Roger McGough
As a former chef and a writer, the connection between food and writing (specifically for me, poetry) is strong. So when I discovered Nicole Gulotta’s website via Saveur magazine I became a fan of her writing and recipes. I was probably one of Continue reading Eat this Poem
Sunday 27th December 1801 A fine soft beautiful, mild day with gleams of sunshine. I lay in bed till 12 o clock, Mr Clarkson’s man came, we wrote to him…Dorothy Wordsworth The Grasmere Journals I’ve kept a journal for more Continue reading A fine soft beautiful day